Tomistoma schlegelii
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Description
Tomistoma schlegelii (M̧ller, 1838)— Non-native; Introduced.
False Gharial
Singapore records.
Tomistoma schlegeli —Sharma, 1973: 233.—L.M. Chou & Lam, 1989: 92.
Tomistoma schlegelii —K.K.P. Lim & L.M. Chou, 1990: 56.—K.P. Lim & Subharaj, 1991b: 5 (Pasir Ris canal).—K.K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 1992: 43, 151.—K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 2002: 151.—D.C.J. Yeo & C.S.W. Chia, 2010: 35.—Pocklington, 2019: 8.
“Baby crocodile”— Anonymous, 1991a: 2 (Pasir Ris).
Remarks. Although often rumoured to occur in Singapore, primarily through the escape or release of farmed individuals (Sharma 1973; Pocklington 2021), only one record of T. schlegelii in Singapore is known. The record is of a juvenile found in Pasir Ris canal believed to be released by animal dealers evading a check by Singapore Customs at sea on 14 May 1991 (Anonymous 1991a; Lim & Subharaj 1991). Tomistoma schlegelii occurs naturally in Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo (Bezuijen et al. 2010).
LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.
Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.
Order Testudines Batsch, 1788 (19 species)
Family Carettochelyidae Boulenger, 1887 (1 species)
Genus Carettochelys Ramsay, 1886 (1 species)
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Muller
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Crocodylia
- Family
- Crocodylidae
- Genus
- Tomistoma
- Species
- schlegelii
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Tomistoma schlegelii (Muller, 1838) sec. Figueroa, Low & Lim, 2023
References
- Chou, L. M. & Lam, T. J. (1989) Introduction of exotic aquatic species in Singapore. In: DeSilva, S. S. (Ed.), Exotic Aquatic Organisms in Asia. Proceedings of the Workshop on Introduction of Exotic Aquatic Organisms in Asia. Asian Fisheries Society Special Publication. No. 3. Asian Fisheries Society, Manila, pp. 91 - 97.
- Lim, K. K. P. & Lim, F. L. K. (1992) A Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Singapore. Singapore Science Centre, Singapore, 160 pp.
- Lim, K. P. & Lim, F. L. K. (2002) A Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Singapore. Revised Edition. Singapore Science Centre, Singapore, 160 pp.
- Anonymous (1991 a) Baby crocodile caught in canal at Pasir Ris estate. The Straits Times, 15 May 1991, 2.
- Lim, K. K. P. & Subharaj, R. (1991) Reptiles & Amphibians. The Pangolin, 4 (2), 4 - 5.
- Bezuijen, M. R., Shwedick, B. M., Sommerlad, R., Stevenson, C. & Stuebing, R. B. (2010) Tomistoma schlegelii. In: Manolis, S. C. & Stevenson, C. (Eds.), Crocodiles: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. 3 rd Edition. Crocodile Specialist Group, Darwin, pp. 133 - 138.
- Boulenger, G. A. (1887) Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). 2 nd Edition. Vol. III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. Taylor and Francis, London, xii + 575 pp., 40 pls.