Can you correctly answer the crocodilian-based questions using the information provided in the pictures?
Gharials are also known as gavials
In this quiz, Alligators are defined as part of the Alligator genus, Caimans part of the Caimaninae, Gharials of Gavialis, False gharials of Tomistoma, and crocodiles of Crocodylidae.
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1.Which of these is an alligator?
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In order: American Alligator, American Crocodile, Spectacled Caiman, and a Broad-Snouted Caiman
2.Which of these is a crocodile?
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In order: Smooth-fronted Caiman, Gharial, Chinese Alligator, and Nile Crocodile
3.Which of these is a saltwater crocodile?
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In order: Saltwater Crocodile, False Gharial , Siamese Crocodile, and Cuban Crocodile
4.Which of these is a gharial?
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In order: Freshwater Crocodile, Gharial, Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman, and False Gharial
5.Which of these IS NOT a crocodile?
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In order: Saltwater Crocodile, Orinoco Crocodile, Siamese Crocodile, and American Alligator
6.Which of these is the region inhabited by saltwater crocodiles?
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In order: Saltwater Crocodile, Spectacled Caiman, American Crocodile, and Freshwater Crocodile
7.Which of these are crocodilian eggs?
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In order: Turtle eggs, Cassowary eggs, Jungle Fowl eggs, and Siamese Crocodile eggs
8.And finally, which of these animals are most closely (genetically) related to crocodilians?
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Birds are the closest living relatives to crocodilians. Both families, Aves and Crocodilia, are the two remaining extant members of the clade Archosauria.