Osteolaemus tetraspis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA REPTILIA CROCODYLIA CROCODYLIDAE

Scientific Name: Osteolaemus tetraspis
Species Authority: Cope, 1861
Common Name/s:
English – African Dwarf Crocodile, West African Dwarf Crocodile
French – Crocodile À Front Large, Crocodile À Nuque Cuirassée, Crocodile Nain Africain
Spanish – Cocodrilo Chico Africano

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable   A2cd   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s Crocodile Specialist Group
History:
1988 – Indeterminate
1986 – Indeterminate (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1982 – Indeterminate

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Angola; Benin; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo
Presence uncertain:
Uganda

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Terrestial nest sites and basking areas.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
Citation: Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. Osteolaemus tetraspis. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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