Species details : Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861

Accepted scientific name:
Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Osteolaemus tetraspis  Cope, 1861
Synonyms:
Crocodilus frontatus Murray, 1862 (synonym)
Halcrosia afzelii Lilljeborg, 1867 (synonym)
Halcrosia nigra Gray, 1867 (synonym)
Osteolaemus tetraspis Wermuth & Mertens, 1961 (synonym)
Infraspecific taxon: Osteolaemus tetraspis osborni Schmidt, 1919
Osteolaemus tetraspis tetraspis Cope, 1861
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Stumpfkrokodil - - Click here to show the literature
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Broad-nosed crocodile En - Click here to show the literature
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Dwarf crocodile En - Click here to show the literature
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West African dwarf crocodile En - Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Reptilia ReptileDB
Order Crocodylia ReptileDB
Family Crocodylidae ReptileDB
Genus Osteolaemus ReptileDB
Distribution: ANG-OO; BEN-OO; BKN-OO; CAF-OO; CMN-OO; CON-OO; EQG-OO; GAB-OO; GHA-OO; GNB-OO; GUI-OO; IVO-OO; LBR-OO; MLI-OO; NGA-OO; SEN-OO; SIE-OO; TOG-OO; UGA-OO; ZAI-OO
Lifezones: -
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P., Apr-2013
Source database: ReptileDB, 3.0, Mar 2013   99%
Bibliographic citation: Uetz P. & Hošek J. (2025). The Reptile Database (version 3.0, Mar 2013). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Osteolaemus&species=tetraspis
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:0370fc6b-ac8f-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401