The dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis), also known as the African dwarf crocodile, West African dwarf crocodile, broad-snouted crocodile (a name more often used for the Asian mugger crocodile) or bony crocodile, is an African osteolaemine crocodile that is also the smallest extant living species of crocodile.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Dwarf Crocodile being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Melanosuchus niger
- Paleosuchus palpebrosus
- Caiman crocodilus
- Paleosuchus trigonatus
- Caiman latirostris
- Caiman yacare
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Crocodylia
- Family
- Crocodylidae
- Genus
- Osteolaemus
- Species
- Osteolaemus tetraspis
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