slender-snouted crocodile

Mecistops cataphractus. Also known as: West African slender-snouted crocodile. Location: Main Crocodile House.

West African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)

West African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)

West African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)

West African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)

West African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus), housed with African helmeted turtles (Pelomedusa submiger) and various cichlids

Mecistops cataphractus. Also known as: West African slender-snouted crocodile. Location: Main Crocodile House.

Mecistops cataphractus. Also known as: West African slender-snouted crocodile. Location: Main Crocodile House.

Mecistops cataphractus. Also known as: West African slender-snouted crocodile. Location: Main Crocodile House.

Mecistops cataphractus. Also known as: West African slender-snouted crocodile. Location: Main Crocodile House.

Hi, I have noticed that the San Diego Zoo seems to be displaying a lot of fish species, however I can’t really find any information on what species they keep aside from this story on their fish species posted on the zoo's website from 2019: Liquid Assets Plus I do know that they keep some...

mecistops cataphractus, labeled as an "African false gharial", with signs differentiating it from crocs and gators as a gharial... debatable, to say the least. Taken on the 9-10-20

As I'm sure some of you are aware, scientists have recently divided the slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus) into two species: the West African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus) and the Central African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops leptorhynchus). My...