All 27 Species of Crocodilian (Inc 3 Recently Discovered)

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There are 4 types of crocodilian: crocodiles, alligators, caiman and gavialids. Most sources agreed there are 24 species between these four groups but a further 3 species are debated or have been recently verified. In this video, we'll take a quick look at the main differences between alligators and crocodiles before exploring all 27 species.

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00:00 Difference between Crocodiles and Alligators
01:09 American Crocodile
03:13 American Aligator
04:18 Chinese Aligator
05:16 Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman
06:08 Smooth Fronted Caiman
07:13 Spectacled Caiman
07:57 Broad-snouted Caiman
08:44 Yacare Caiman
09:37 Black Caiman
10:24 Orinoco Crocodile
11:07 Morlet's Crocodile
12:04 Cuban Crocodile
12:46 Nile Crocodile
13:55 Dwarf Crocodile
14:40 West African Crocodile
15:08 African Slender-snouted Crocodile (2 species)
16:17 Gharial
17:17 False Gharial/Tomistoma
18:08 Mugger Crocodile
19:14 Saltwater Crocodile
20:06 Freshwater Crocodile
20:54 New Guinea Crocodile
21:27 Hall's New Guinea Crocodile
21:44 Siamese Crocodile
22:21 Borneo Crocodile
22:47 Philippine Crocodile

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Osteoderms - Jin-Young Park et al. CC BY 4.0
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Maps - Achim Raschka, BhagyaMani, Froggydarb at the English-language Wikipedia, Prazak & Gebherbosa
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Gharial Photo: Claudine Van Massenhove / Shutterstock.com

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Sources & Further Reading
Listed below are the sources used to create the video

IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group
http://www.iucncsg.org/
Crocodilian Species List
http://crocodilian.com/
Reptile Database (photo comparisons)
https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/
Animal Diversity
https://animaldiversity.org/
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocodilia
National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
IUCN Red List
https://www.iucnredlist.org/

Scutes and Osteoderms
If anyone is interested in the relationship between scutes and osteoderms, the IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group I believe has the most succinct description as well as Britannica
https://www.iucncsg.org/pages/The-Cro...
https://www.britannica.com/animal/cro...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29044...

Alligators vs Crocs
https://www.britannica.com/animal/cro...
Crocodile Teeth & Notches
https://ypte.org.uk/factsheets/crocod...
American Alligator vs American Croc
https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/do-alligato...
Mouth Gaping
https://www.alligatorfarm.com/wp-cont...
Alligator Bellowing
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/a...
Relationship between incubation temperature and hatchling gender
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do...
Animals with the strongest bite-force
https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/t...
Palustris meaning
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/meaning-of-...
Mugger crocodiles using tools
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...
Hall's New Guinea croc
http://www.sci-news.com/biology/halls...
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/fro...
Siamese Croc
https://www.fauna-flora.org/species/s...
Borneo Croc
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/p...

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