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Dwarf crocodile

Dwarf crocodile
Dwarf crocodile

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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Critically endangered.

Courland Peninsula.

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