Osborn’s_dwarf_crocodile

<i>Osteolaemus osborni</i>

Osteolaemus osborni

Species of reptile

Osteolaemus osborni, commonly known as Osborn's dwarf crocodile, is a species of crocodile endemic to the Congo Basin in Africa.

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This species has had a somewhat convoluted taxonomical history. It was first described as Osteoblepharon osborni by Schmidt in 1919, based on a few specimens from the Upper Congo River Basin in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. However, Inger in a 1948 paper found the specimens wanting of characteristics that would justify a generic separation from Osteolaemus and referred the specimens to Osteolaemus osborni. In 1961, it was reduced to subspecies rank,[2] but was revalidated to full species status in 2021.[3]

The specific name, osborni, is in honor of American paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. [2]
    Wermuth, H. & R. Mertens (1961). Schildkröten, Krokodile, Brückenechsen. Veb Gustav Fischer Verlag.
  3. [3]
    Osteolaemus osborni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2021.
  4. [4]
    Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Osteolaemus osborni, p. 196).


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