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Crocodylus johnstoni  Krefft, 1873
Taxonomic Serial No.: 845139

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Crocodylus johnsoni Krefft, 1873
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - unjustified emendation   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Crocodylus johnstoni    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Reptile Database (Nov 2021), website (version Nov-2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P, Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2021) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 12 Dec 2021   
  Reference for: Crocodylus johnstoni   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cogger, Harold G.  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th Edition   
  Page(s): 808   
  Publisher: Reed New Holland   
  Publication Place: Sydney   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-876334-33-9   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crocodylus johnstoni   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gray, J. E.  
  Publication Date: 1874   
  Article/Chapter Title: On Crocodilus johnstoni, Krefft   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1814   
  Page(s): 177-178   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
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  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28502274   
  Reference for: Crocodylus johnstoni   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: The original description was written in the full but mistaken understanding that the honoree's name was 'Mr. Johnson' as evidenced by Krefft's use of the name johnsoni several times in the original description. In a letter to J.E. Gray dated May 15, 1873, Krefft noted the honoree's name is 'Mr. Johnston', and Gray used the name 'Crocodilus johnstoni' in his 1874 paper 'On Crocodilus johnstoni, Krefft'. Under Article 32.5 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature only inadvertent spelling errors are to be corrected. There is nothing to support emending the name to johnstoni under the Code without a ruling from the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature  
 

 

    

 
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