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FOSSIL REPTILES FROM THE PLEISTOCENE HOMO-BEARING LOCALITY OF BUIA (ERITREA, NORTHERN DANAKIL DEPRESSION)

open access: yesRivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2004
The early to early-Middle Pleistocene fossil assemblage form the Buia area (Northern Danakil Depression, Eritrea) hosts, along with Homo and several other large mammal taxa, the following reptiles: Nile Crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, Serrated Hinged ...
MASSIMO DELFINO   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A check-list of the pentastomid parasites of crocodilians and freshwater chelonians

open access: yesOnderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2006
Based on published records and own data a summary is given of the geographical distribution of the currently known species of pentastomid parasites infecting crocodiles and alligators, as well as freshwater chelonians.
K. Junker, J. Boomker
doaj   +1 more source

Cross-sensory modulation in a future top predator, the young Nile crocodile [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2017
Animals routinely receive information through different sensory channels, and inputs from a modality may modulate the perception and behavioural reaction to others.
Laura Chabrolles   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phylogeography, genetic diversity, and population structure of Nile crocodile populations at the fringes of the southern African distribution.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
Nile crocodiles are apex predators widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa that have been viewed and managed as a single species. A complex picture of broad and fine-scale phylogeographic patterns that includes the recognition of two species (Crocodylus
Barbara van Asch   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterization of Serum Phospholipase A2 Activity in Three Diverse Species of West African Crocodiles

open access: yesBiochemistry Research International, 2011
Secretory phospholipase A2, an enzyme that exhibits substantial immunological activity, was measured in the serum of three species of diverse West African crocodiles.
Mark Merchant   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

An 11-digit identification system for individual Nile crocodiles using natural markings

open access: yesKoedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2016
Research and conservation of wild crocodiles and husbandry of captive crocodiles requires the reliable identification of individuals. We present a method using the individual colour markings on the first 10 single-crest scutes on the tails of Nile ...
Hindrik Bouwman, Enrico Cronje
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Nile Crocodiles on Fish Production in Lake Nasser [PDF]

open access: yesAswan University Journal of Environmental Studies, 2020
The problem of the present study is that no reasonable explanation of the inferring relationships of crocodile; fish, and environment variables in Lake Nasser.
Magdi Ali   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Revisión de los patrones de distribución de Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768, en Etiopía,y estima de tamaño corporal de grandes ejemplares del lago Chamo [PDF]

open access: yesMunibe Ciencias Naturales, 2015
Se ha elaborado un análisis actualizado de los patrones de distribución de Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768 en Etiopía. Se determina la presencia de la especie en 17 cauces fluviales: ríos Mareb, Tekeze, Abbai, Awash, Gibe, Gojebe, Omo, Baro, Aluoro ...
Tejado-Lanseros, C.
doaj  

Pulmonary anatomy in the Nile crocodile and the evolution of unidirectional airflow in Archosauria [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2013
The lungs of birds have long been known to move air in only one direction during both inspiration and expiration through most of the tubular gas-exchanging bronchi (parabronchi).
Emma R. Schachner   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Histological Investigation of the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) Phallic Glans [PDF]

open access: yesSouth American Journal of Herpetology, 2020
The male crocodylian phallus, an intromittent organ, transfers sperm to the female cloaca during reproduction. During copulation, the distal phallic glans inflates via blood-filled spongiform tissues; it enlarges into an elaborate shape that directly interacts with the female urodeum—the cloacal chamber that contains the female reproductive tract ...
Moore, Brandon C.   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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