American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) 1. Alligator lucius = American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
2. Gavialis gangeticus = gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
3. Crocodilus niloticus = Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
Русский: Иллюстрация из энциклопедического словаря Брокгауза и Ефрона (1890—1907)
English: Illustration from Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (1890—1907)
Date between 1890 and 1907
Source reproducrion from DVD http://www.iddk.ru/ru/cdrom/73147.html
Author painter from Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), sometimes referred to colloquially as a gator or common alligator, is a large crocodilian reptile endemic to the southeastern United States. It is one of two living species in the genus Alligator within the family Alligatoridae.
The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), also known as the gavial, and the fish-eating crocodile, is a crocodilian of the family Gavialidae, native to the northern part of the Indian Subcontinent.
The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is an African crocodile widespread throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, occurring mostly in the central, eastern, and southern regions of the continent and lives in different types of aquatic environments such as lakes, rivers and marshlands.
