Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Gavialidae Bibliography of the genus Gavialis Biodiversity of the family Gavialidae Genus Gavialis Indian Gharial Gangesgavial Indisk Gavial 1811 Gavialis Oppel (type species: Lacerta gangetica Gmelin 1789) 1815 Gavialus Rafinesque [substitute name for Gavialis Oppel 1811?] (syn. Wermuth & Mertens 1977) 1822 Gaviala Fleming [substitute name for Gavialis Oppel 1811] (syn. Wermuth & Mertens 1977) 1830 Rhamphostoma Wagler [non Rhamphostoma Boulenger 1893 (Reptilia: Serpentes)] (type species: Lacerta gangetica Gmelin 1789) (syn. Wermuth & Mertens 1977) 1876 Gharialis Theobald [substitute name for Gavialis Oppel 1811] (type species: Lacerta gangetica Gmelin 1789) (syn. Wermuth & Mertens 1977) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Gavialis gangeticus Indian Gharial, Indian Gavial Gangesgavial Indisk Gavial 1789 Lacerta gangetica Gmelin Gavialis gangeticus Gray 1831 1789 Crocodilus gavial Bonnaterre (Wermuth & Mertens 1977) 1801 Crocodilus longirostris Schneider (Wermuth & Mertens 1977) 1802 Crocodilus arctirostris Daudin [substitute name for Crocodilus gavial Bonnaterre 1789] (Wermuth & Mertens 1977) 1807 Crocodilus tenuirostris Cuvier (Wermuth & Mertens 1977) Remarks: Presence in Bhutan, where it has not been seen since the 1960s, needs confirmation (Bauer & Günther 1992). Extinct in: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Pakistan. Distribution: India (Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal), Nepal. Gavialis gangeticus © Rune Midtgaard