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Berlin Zoo 1995 - Mixed Crocodile exhibit

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I maybe wrong but looks like a Nile Croc and the one nearly facing it looks like a Gharial please do correct me:)
 
I think the one you are refering to as a gharial jordan-12 might be a false gavial.
 
Guys, are you absolutely sure the one in the upper right corner is either a Gharial or False Gharial? For one, his front doesn't look very narrow as I see it.
 
That was my first thought too jbnbsn99, but the snout looks more triangular, like a false gharial.
 
It's not a gharial or false gharial. I would say it is a American crocodile (C. acutus), but definetely not a (False) Gharial!
 
As far as I can see there are 4 crocs on the picture.

The one in the middle of the top could be a Cuban Croc (C. rhombifer) or - because as far as I know there are no pure Cubans in Europe - a Cuban/American Hybrid.

The one on the right was long time labeled as an Orinoco Croc (C. intermedius), but a Croc Expert told me, that it is in fact a American Croc (C. acutus) or a Hybrid between those species.

The 2 crocs on the left are with a high probability Nile Crocs (C. niloticus). But I have heard that Berlin has breed Hybrids between Nile C. and American C., so there is a chance that one of these guys is such a Hybrid.
 
@zoomaniac: There are pure Cuban crocs in zoos in Europe. Only a few have been tested but they have found both pure and hybrids

http://www.paigntonzoo.org.uk/news-events/news-detail.php?id=213

There are still many they haven't tested but based on the results they've gotten so far I think it is fair to suspect that there will be many more hybrids but also some pure ones. For example Paignton got their pure Cuban from Skansen Aquarium. Skansen still has Cubans and their pair has bred many times with the offspring exported to several different zoos.
 
@condor: Glad to hear that (and thank you for verifying). But what about the one on the picture in Berlin? Is - or was - it a hybrid or not?
 

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