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Last update: 31 October, 2004

A monotypic genus of crocodiles endemic to tropical Africa

Osteolaemus Cuvier, 1807
Osteoblepharon Schmidt, 1919
Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861

  • tetraspis Cope, 1861
    Crocodilus frontatus Murray, 1862
    Halcrosia afzelii Lilljeborg, 1867
    Halcrosia nigra Gray, 1867
  • osborni (Schmidt, 1919)
    • Osteoblepharon osborni Schmidt, 1919
    Distribution: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (only place with osborni), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierre Leone and Togo.
    Literature
    Abercrombie, C.L., III. 1978. Notes on West African Crocodilians (Reptilia, Crocodilia). J. Herpetol., 12(2): 260-262.
    Cope, E.D. 1861. Recent species of Emydosaurian reptiles represented in the Museum of the Academy. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1860: 549-551.
    Frey, E. & S.W. Salisbury. 2001. The kinematics of aquatic locomotion of Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope. Pp. 165-179. In: Grigg, G.C., F. Seebacher & C.E. Franklin (eds.). Crocodilian Biology and Evolution. Surrey Beatty, Chipping Norton, New South Wales, Australia.
    Gray, J.E. 1870. Note on the Black Crocodile of Africa. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 6: 427.
    Greer, A.E. 1975. Clutch Size in Crocodilians. J. Herpetol., 9(3): 319-322.
    Helfernberger, N. 1981. Ein Beitrag zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie von Osteolaemus t. tetraspis. Herpetofauna 3 (11): 9-11.
    Inger, R.F. 1948. The systematic status of the crocodile Osteoblepharon osborni. Copeia 1948:15-19.
    Madsen, F. 1999. Hold og opdræt af vestafrikansk dværgkrokodille, Osteolaemus tetraspis. Rapport fra Malmö Reptilcenter. NHF, 42(2): 38-42.
    Murray, A. 1862. Description of Crocodilus frontatus, a new crocodile from Old Calabar River, West Africa. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3)11: 222-227.
    Richter, U. 1981. Eine Nachzucht des Stumpfkrokodils (Osteolaemus tetraspis) (Reptilia: Crocodylia: Crocodylidae). Salamandra, 17(3/4): 194-197.
    Ruiter, M. de. 1998. Natürliche Krokodilzucht. DATZ, 51(5): 279.
    Schmidt, K.P. 1919. Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. Part I. Turtles, Crocodiles, Lizards, and Chameleons. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 39: 385-624.
    Wiegmann, T. 1998. Krokodile im Heimtierhandel als möglicher Bestandteil von Artenschutzprogrammen am Beispiel Alligator sinensis und Osteolaemus tetraspis. elaphe, 6(1): 89-91.