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Bones reveal a jumbo crocodile hiding in plain sight

Analysis reveals that specimens of New Guinean freshwater crocodile belong to two species rather than one.
A member of the newly-described species of croc, living at a zoological park in Florida.

This resident of a Florida zoo belongs to the newly identified species Crocodylus halli. It was previously living incognito as a member of the similar species Crocodylus novaeguineae. Credit: ASIH

Dozens of skulls tucked away in museums have yielded a toothy surprise: a new species of crocodile that measures some 3 metres long and is very much alive.

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Nature 574, 8 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02888-8

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