Crocodylus raninus

{{Short description|Species of reptile}}

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| status = CITES_A2

| status_system = CITES

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| genus = Crocodylus

| species = raninus

| authority = S. Müller & Schlegel, 1844

| synonyms =

• Crocodilus biporcatus raninus
  S. Müller & Schlegel, 1844
• Crocodylus raninus
  — Ross, 1990

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Crocodylus raninus, the Borneo crocodile, is an enigmatic species of freshwater crocodile endemic to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo.Anon. [http://www.borneowild.com/story.php?s=6 From crocs to croaks: Borneo's reptiles and amphibians] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127020627/http://www.borneowild.com/story.php?s=6 |date=November 27, 2011 }}. Accessed on: 03:41, 4 August 2011 (UTC). Its taxonomic status is controversial and unclear: it has been considered by some authors as a synonym of Crocodylus porosus, although a redescription in 1990 and 1992 presented evidence of distinct identity.{{cite journal |author=Ross, Charles A. |year=1990 |title=Crocodylus raninus S. Müller and Schlegel, a valid species of crocodile (Reptilia: Crocodylidae) from Borneo |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=103 |issue=4 |pages=955–961 |url=http://biostor.org/reference/69031}}{{cite journal| last=Ross|first= Charles A.|year=1992|title= Designation of a lectotype for Crocodylus raninus S. Müller and Schlegel (Reptila: Crocodylidae), the Borneo crocodile|journal= Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington|volume= 105|issue=2 |pages=400–402|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35607573#page/420/mode/1up}} Currently, it is considered to have been misidentified C. porosus or C. siamensis.