Slender-snouted crocodiles
Mecistops
The slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus) is a critically endangered species of crocodile from Africa. Traditionally placed in Crocodylus, recent studies in DNA and morphology have shown that it belongs in its own genus, Mecistops, and that it should be split into two species.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
Central African slender-snouted crocodile
speciesMecistops leptorhynchus
West African slender-snouted crocodile
speciesMecistops cataphractus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 194089.