CROCODILIA Gmelin

Savage, Jay M. & Bolaños, Federico, 2009, A checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: Additions and nomenclatural revisions, Zootaxa 2005, pp. 1-23 : 20-21

ORDER CROCODILIA Gmelin , “1788”, 1789 2F/2G (2)

Savage (2002) regarded the following taxon as a subfamily of the Crocodylidae . Most crocodilian systematists (e.g., King & Burke 1989; Richardson, Webb, & Manolis 2002) recognize it as a family distinct from the latter family.

FAMILY ALLIGATORIDAE Cuvier, 1807 1G (1)

Caiman Spix, 1825 (1)

Caiman crocodilus (Linné, 1758) (776)

FAMILY CROCODYLIDAE Gmelin , “1788”, 1789 1G (1) Crocodylus Laurenti, 1768 (1)

Crocodylus acutus (Cuvier, 1807) (778)