鳄属(学名:Crocodylus)是鳄目鳄科鳄亚科之下三个属的其中之一。
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本属现时有12个现生种,详列如下:
- 美洲鳄 Crocodylus acutus Cuvier, 1807,尖鳄,尖吻鳄
- 非洲狭吻鳄 Crocodylus cataphractus (最新的DNA资料显示,该种鳄可专门归为一属 Mecistops)
- 豪氏鳄 Crocodylus halli Murray, Russo, Zorrilla & McMahan, 2019[1]
- 奥利诺科鳄 Crocodylus intermedius Graves, 1819,中介鳄
- 澳洲淡水鳄 Crocodylus johnstoni Krefft, 1873,约氏鳄
- 菲律宾鳄 Crocodylus mindorensis Schmidt, 1935,民都洛鳄
- 莫瑞雷鳄 Crocodylus moreletii (A.H.A. Duméril & Bibron, 1851),危地马拉鳄,莫氏鳄
- 尼罗鳄 Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768,非洲鳄
- 新几内亚鳄 Crocodylus novaeguineae (Schmidt, 1928)
- 沼泽鳄 Crocodylus palustris (Lesson, 1831),印度鳄,泽鳄
- 湾鳄 Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801,河口鳄,多瘤鳄
- 蛙鳄 Crocodylus raninus S. Müller & Schlegel, 1844 [nomen dubium]
- 古巴鳄 Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier, 1807,菱鳄
- 暹罗鳄 Crocodylus siamensis Schneider, 1801
Christopher M. Murray, Peter Russo, Alexander Zorrilla and Caleb D. McMahan. 2019. Divergent Morphology among Populations of the New Guinea Crocodile, Crocodylus novaeguineae (Schmidt, 1928): Diagnosis of An Independent Lineage and Description of A New Species. Copeia. 107(3); 517-523. DOI: 10.1643/CG-19-240
Srikulnath, K; Thapana, W; Muangmai, N. Role of chromosome changes in Crocodylus evolution and diversity. Genomics Inform. 2015, 13 (4): 102–111. doi:10.5808/GI.2015.13.4.102.