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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
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