Central African slender-snouted crocodile
The Central African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops leptorhynchus) is one of two species of crocodiles in the genus Mecistops.
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Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Crocodyloidea |
| Family: | Crocodylidae |
| Genus: | Mecistops |
| Species: | M. leptorhynchus
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| Mecistops leptorhynchus | |
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The Central African slender-snouted crocodile lives in Central Africa (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, northern Angola, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo) and extends into South Sudan in East Africa.[2]
Central African Slender-snouted Crocodile Media
Illustration from the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Paris
Individual resting on a partially-submerged tree at Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Republic of Congo
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References
- ↑ Bennett, Edward Turner (1835). "Character of a New Species of Crocodile (Crocodilus leptorhynchus)". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1835: 128–132.
- ↑ "Central African slender-snouted crocodile". Wikipedia.