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Nile Crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus cowiei (Smith In Hewitt 1937)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Crocodylus niloticus cowiei (Smith In Hewitt 1937)
Recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Crocodylus niloticus cowiei (Smith In Hewitt 1937)
Subspecies recognized by GBIF classification and Mozambique Species List
Crocodylus niloticus cowiei (Smith In Hewitt 1937)
Recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768
Recognized by ReptileDB
Alligator cowiei
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Crocodylus niloticus cowiei
Subspecies recognized by Global Biotic Interactions
Crocodylus niloticus cowiei (Smith In Hewitt 1937)
Subspecies recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, iNaturalist, and GBIF data coverage
Crocodylus niloticus cowiei (Smith In Hewitt 1937)
Recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Crocodylus niloticus cowiei (Smith ex Hewitt 1937)
Subspecies recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Alternative Names

Alligator cowiei Smith In Hewitt 1937
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Alligator cowiei Smith In Hewitt 1937
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Alligator cowiei Smith ex Hewitt 1937
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodilus complanatus Geoffroy 1827
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodilus hexaphractos Rüppell ex Schmidt 1886
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodilus lacunosus Geoffroy 1827
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodilus madagascariensis Grandidier 1872
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodilus marginatus Geoffroy 1827
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodilus multiscutatus Rüppell ex Cretzschmar 1826
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodilus octophractus Rüppell ex Gray
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodilus vulgaris
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Crocodilus vulgaris Cuvier 1807
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodilus vulgaris var. madagascariensis Boettger 1877
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodylus niloticus niloticus
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodylus niloticus niloticus Laurenti 1768
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodylus niloticus cowiei
Synonym according to ReptileDB and ReptileDB
Crocodylus niloticus cowiei (Smith ex Hewitt 1937)
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodylus niloticus pauciscutatus
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodylus niloticus pauciscutatus Deraniyagala 1948
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodylus niloticus suchus Geoffroy 1807
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodylus niloticus
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodylus suchus
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, ReptileDB, ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Alligator cowiei Smith In Hewitt 1937
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Alligator cowiei Smith ex Hewitt 1937
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Common Names

English

Nile crocodile preferred
Recognized by ReptileDB

German

Nilkrokodil preferred
Recognized by ReptileDB

Curated hierarchies for Crocodylus niloticus cowiei (Smith In Hewitt 1937)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Crocodylomorpha
Crocodylia
Crocodylidae
Crocodylus
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus cowiei (Smith In Hewitt 1937) (this page)
Crocodylus niloticus africanus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus chamses Bory 1824
Crocodylus niloticus madagascariensis Grandidier 1872
Crocodylus niloticus niloticus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus pauciscutatus Deraniyagala 1948

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Crocodylia
Eusuchia
Crocodylidae
Crocodylus
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus cowiei (Smith In Hewitt 1937) (this page)
Crocodylus niloticus africanus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus chamses Bory De Saint Vincent 1824
Crocodylus niloticus niloticus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus pauciscutatus Deraniyagala 1948

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Crocodylus niloticus cowiei (Smith In Hewitt 1937) (this page)
Crocodylus niloticus africanus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus chamses Bory 1824
Crocodylus niloticus madagascariensis Grandidier 1872
Crocodylus niloticus niloticus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus pauciscutatus Deraniyagala 1948

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Crocodylomorpha
Crocodylia
Crocodylidae
Crocodylus
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus cowiei (Smith In Hewitt 1937) (this page)
Crocodylus niloticus africanus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus chamses Bory 1824
Crocodylus niloticus madagascariensis Grandidier 1872
Crocodylus niloticus niloticus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus pauciscutatus Deraniyagala 1948

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Crocodylus niloticus cowiei (Smith In Hewitt 1937) (this page)
Crocodylus niloticus africanus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus chamses Bory 1824
Crocodylus niloticus madagascariensis Grandidier 1872
Crocodylus niloticus niloticus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus pauciscutatus Deraniyagala 1948

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Crocodylia
Crocodylidae
Crocodylus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus cowiei (Smith In Hewitt 1937) (this page)
Crocodylus niloticus africanus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus chamses Bory 1824
Crocodylus niloticus madagascariensis Grandidier 1872
Crocodylus niloticus niloticus
Crocodylus niloticus pauciscutatus Deraniyagala 1948

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Reptilia Laurenti 1768
Crocodilia
Crocodylidae
Crocodylus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus cowiei (Smith ex Hewitt 1937) (this page)
Crocodylus niloticus africanus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus chamses Bory de Saint Vincent 1824
Crocodylus niloticus niloticus Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus pauciscutatus Deraniyagala 1948
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