Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at tomistoma.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Tomistoma.
Examples
-
'Tomistoma', a five metre crocodile, is widely found in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
-
'Tomistoma', a five metre crocodile, is widely found in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
-
The photographs are not great, but it is a crocodilian, and has a profile consistent with Tomistoma schlegelii.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
-
Terrestrial reptiles and amphibians include two species of python, namely reticulated python Python reticulatus and Indian python P. molurus (LR) as well as two crocodiles, false gharial Tomistoma schlegelii (DD) and estuarine crocodile Crocodylus porosus, and numerous frogs and toads.
Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia 2009
-
One of the most distinctive reptiles in the hotspot is the endemic false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii, EN), a freshwater crocodilian species that can grow up to 4.7 meters in length and is found mostly in Sumatra and Borneo.
-
There are several reptile species of conservation significance in this ecoregion, including the monitor lizard (Varanus salvator), the false gavial (Tomistoma schlegeli), and the estuarine crocodile (Crocodylus porosus).
Indochina mangroves 2007
-
It could therefore be ascribed to a fish-eater as the then common, large-sized, long-snouted crocodilians Tomistoma lusitanica and Gavialis sp.
-
It also has hybrids of the two, as well as the indigenous false gavial (Tomistoma schlegelii) and five exotic species: South American caiman (Caiman crocodilus), New Guinea freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus novaeguineae), Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis), broad-spouted caiman
Chapter 7 1983
-
Yes, an endangered female Tomistoma crocodile has been transported by Air India from Kamala Nehru Zoo in Ahmedabad to Chennai.
-
Yes, an endangered female Tomistoma crocodile has been transported by Air India from Kamala Nehru Zoo in Ahmedabad to Chennai.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.