CROCODYLIDAE Cuvier 1807

Mccranie, James R., 2015, A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed, Zootaxa 3931 (3), pp. 352-386 : 364

FAMILY CROCODYLIDAE Cuvier 1807 , 64

(1 genus, 1 species). Solís et al. (2014) used Owen (1842) as the author of this family name, but Owen (1842, 65) used Crocodilia as an order name, as had Cuvier. I continue to credit Cuvier for the crocodile family name following Brochu (2003, 360), but note that the author of this name has not been resolved.

Crocodylus Laurenti 1768 , 53 (1 species)

Crocodylus acutus (Cuvier 1807, 55). Milián-García et al. (2011) using genetic data, recovered evidence that more than one species was involved under the nominal form C. acutus . There are names available if it should be shown that the Central American populations are not the same species as C. acutus ( type locality on Hispaniola).