A giant crocodile skull from Can Tho, named “Dau Sau”, represents the largest known saltwater crocodile <i> (Crocodylus porosus) </i> ever reported from Vietnam
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15625/0866-7160/v41n4.14581Keywords:
Crocodylidae, Mekong delta, morphology, size, “LoLong”, Philippines.References
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