Siamese crocodile
| Siamese crocodile Temporal range: Pleistocene–Present,
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| Siamese crocodile at Moscow Zoo | |
CITES Appendix I
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Superfamily: | Crocodyloidea |
| Family: | Crocodylidae |
| Genus: | Crocodylus |
| Species: | C. siamensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Crocodylus siamensis Schneider, 1801
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The Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) is a medium-sized freshwater crocodile native to Indonesia (East Kalimantan and possibly other areas historically), Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. Historical records from Myanmar remain unverified. The species is critically endangered and already extirpated from many regions. Its other common names include Siamese freshwater crocodile, Singapore small-grain, and soft-belly.