Species Profile
Gavialis gangeticus
Gharial
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptilia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Gavialis gangeticus lives in freshwater rivers.
It is shy and non-aggressive.
Critically endangered reptile.
Size & Structure
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Very long slender snout
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Bulbous ghara in males
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Laterally compressed tail
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Olive green colour
Gavialis gangeticus — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation, double
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Pulmonary respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Uricotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Fish population control
River ecosystem health indicator
Top aquatic predator
Economic Importance
Conservation flagship species
Ecotourism
Ecological research