Relationships of the newly discovered dwarf crocodiles from Mauritania were inferred from
mitochondrial 12S sequences. Specimens from 13 different Crocodylus niloticus populations …

Taxonomy: Pending the formal description of the newly recognised west and central African
clade as a new species, this account refers to C. niloticus as previously understood. Many …

Molecular and morphological phylogenies concur in indicating that the African lineages
formerly referred to Crocodylus niloticus are the sister taxon the four Neotropical crocodiles …

The taxonomy of the African dwarf crocodile (genus Osteolaemus) has been disputed since
a novel morphotype was discovered in the early 20th Century. Because this poorly-known …

The genus Crocodylus comprises an evolutionarily recent radiation (12 extant species) of
large, aquatic Archosaurian predators. The group is likely to have an African saltwater …

Accurate species delimitation is a central assumption of biology that, in groups such as the
Crocodylia, is often hindered by highly conserved morphology and frequent introgression. In …

Recently, the phylogenetic placement of the African slender snouted crocodile, Crocodylus
cataphractus, has come under scrutiny and herein we address this issue using molecular …

The freshwater crocodile inhabiting Papua New Guinea, currently recognized as Crocodylus
novaeguineae, exhibits morphological, molecular, and ecological divergence between the …

The phylogenetic relationships among extant species of Crocodylus (Crocodylia) have been
inconsistently resolved by previous systematic studies. Here we used nearly complete …

We present restriction fragment analyses of mitochondrial and ribosomal DNAs in an effort to
resolve some critical systematic questions among extant members of the order Crocodilia …