MORELET'S CROCODILE

INVERTEBRATE OR VERTEBRATE?

• This crocodile is a Vertebrate
• It means that the crocodile has a spinal cord
• And a inclosed skull

CLASSIFICATION

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Reptillia
• Order: Crocodillia
• Family: Crocodylidae

CLASSIFICATION

• Subfamily: Crocodylinae
• Genus: Crocodylus
• Species: Crocodylus moreletii

CLOSE RELATIVES

• There are no subspecies of Morelet's crocodiles.

HABITAT

• freshwater habitats in Central America
• freshwater swamps and marshes
• along the coast in brackish waters
• All of these are suitable habitats

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