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Lacerta crocodilus Linnaeus, 1758, spec. nov.

Description

Lacerta crocodilus [spec. nov.]

L. cauda compressa, pedibus triunguiculatis, palmis pentadactylis, plantis tetradactylis palmatis.

Amoen. acad. 1. p. 121. Lacerta eadem.

Mus. Ad. Fr. 1. p. 40. Lacerta eadem.

Gron. mus. 2. p. 74. n. 47. Crocodilus.

Bellon. aquat. 41. Crocodilus.

Gesn. quadr. 9. Crocodilus.

Aldr. aquat. 677. Crocodilus.

Jonst. quadr. t. 79. f. 3. Crocodilus.

Raj. quadr. 261. Lacertus maximus.

Bont. jav. t. 55. Crocodylus Cayman.

Marcgr. bras. 242. Jacare.

Olear. mus. 8. t. 7. f. 3. Crocodylus.

Bell. mus. 47. t. 13. Crocodilus niloticus.

Sloan. jam. 2. p. 332. Crocodilus.

Seb. mus. 1. t. 103. 104. Crocodilus.

Merian. sur. 49. f. 69. Crocodil.

Vallisn. nat. 1. t. 43.

Catesb. car. 2. t. 63. Lacertus maximus.

Habitat in Africae, Asiae, Americae Aquis.

Anatome Crocodili. Hasselq. iter. 292.

Ova centena deponit, effodiuntur ab Ichneumone, avicula; exclusos pullos Mater in tergum provocat, ad aquas ducit, deciduos Mas Feminaque ingurgitant; sub aqua vorat; in catenam adsociati aquatilia exagitant. Leviathan Jobi. 40 : 20; 41 : 24.

Fugientibus atrox; edocti dorso ipsius insiliunt, regunt.

Notes

Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on page 200, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542, http://zenodo.org/record/3922206

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Identifiers

Biodiversity

Family
Lacertidae
Genus
Lacerta
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Squamata
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
crocodilus
Taxonomic status
spec. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lacerta crocodilus Linnaeus, 1758