All 27 Species of Crocodilian (Inc 3 Recently Discovered)

🌎 Get Exclusive NordVPN deal here ↣ https://nordvpn.com/textbooktravel It’s risk- free with Nord’s 30-day money back guarantee! 👍 #ad There are 4 types of crocodilian: crocodiles, alligators, caiman and gavialids. Most sources agreed there are 24 species between these four groups but a further 3 species are debated or have been recently verified. In this video, we'll take a quick look at the main differences between alligators and crocodiles before exploring all 27 species. Subscribe: https://tbtrvl.com/subscribe More rabbit holes to dive into! Relatives: https://tbtrvl.com/relatives Parks: https://tbtrvl.com/parks Most Popular: https://tbtrvl.com/popular Newest Videos: https://tbtrvl.com/newest 00:00 Difference between Crocodiles and Alligators 01:09 American Crocodile 03:13 American Aligator 04:18 Chinese Aligator 05:16 Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman 06:08 Smooth Fronted Caiman 07:13 Spectacled Caiman 07:57 Broad-snouted Caiman 08:44 Yacare Caiman 09:37 Black Caiman 10:24 Orinoco Crocodile 11:07 Morlet's Crocodile 12:04 Cuban Crocodile 12:46 Nile Crocodile 13:55 Dwarf Crocodile 14:40 West African Crocodile 15:08 African Slender-snouted Crocodile (2 species) 16:17 Gharial 17:17 False Gharial/Tomistoma 18:08 Mugger Crocodile 19:14 Saltwater Crocodile 20:06 Freshwater Crocodile 20:54 New Guinea Crocodile 21:27 Hall's New Guinea Crocodile 21:44 Siamese Crocodile 22:21 Borneo Crocodile 22:47 Philippine Crocodile Creative Commons Attribution Osteoderms - Jin-Young Park et al. CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Maps - Achim Raschka, BhagyaMani, Froggydarb at the English-language Wikipedia, Prazak & Gebherbosa https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ All maps are traced from those on Wikipedia and are distributed under the same CC BY-SA 3.0 licence on Wikimedia Commons: https://tbtrvl.com/rangemaps Editorial Attribution Gharial Photo: Claudine Van Massenhove / Shutterstock.com Media & Attribution Unless stated above, all still images are used under license from Shutterstock.com. Thank you to everyone who makes their work available for use. Covering all of the wonderful species in these videos would not be possible without your incredible work. Music All of the music used in this video is available at Epidemic Sound. If you need music and would like to support the channel, please find a referral link below. https://tbtrvl.com/epidemicsound Sources & Further Reading Listed below are the sources used to create the video IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group http://www.iucncsg.org/ Crocodilian Species List http://crocodilian.com/ Reptile Database (photo comparisons) https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/ Animal Diversity https://animaldiversity.org/ Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocodilia National Geographic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ IUCN Red List https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Scutes and Osteoderms If anyone is interested in the relationship between scutes and osteoderms, the IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group I believe has the most succinct description as well as Britannica https://www.iucncsg.org/pages/The-Crocodilian-Body.html https://www.britannica.com/animal/crocodile-order/Form-and-function#ref1262983 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29044619/ Alligators vs Crocs https://www.britannica.com/animal/crocodile-order/Form-and-function Crocodile Teeth & Notches https://ypte.org.uk/factsheets/crocodile/alligator-or-crocodile-what-is-the-difference American Alligator vs American Croc https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/do-alligators-and-crocodiles-exist-together-anywhere-world Mouth Gaping https://www.alligatorfarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Mouth-Gaping.pdf Alligator Bellowing https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/218/15/2442/14244/A-Chinese-alligator-in-heliox-formant-frequencies Relationship between incubation temperature and hatchling gender https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.1993.0059 Animals with the strongest bite-force https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/top-10-which-animals-have-the-strongest-bite/ Palustris meaning https://www.encyclo.co.uk/meaning-of-Palustris Mugger crocodiles using tools https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/crocodiles-balance-twigs-on-their-heads-to-lure-nest-building-birds-180948107/ Hall's New Guinea croc http://www.sci-news.com/biology/halls-new-guinea-crocodile-crocodylus-halli-07646.html https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/from-new-guinea-to-florida-one-of-these-crocs-is-not-like-the-others/ Siamese Croc https://www.fauna-flora.org/species/siamese-crocodile/ Borneo Croc https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34592420#page/983/mode/1up About Videos Exploring The Animal Kingdom & The Natural World Educational content about the most fascinating elements of our planet and the study surrounding them. Current content includes: Relatives | A series exploring the most fascinating families in the animal kingdom How Animals Work | A series exploring animal behaviour, ecology, biology & more #textbooktravel #animals #crocodilians