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• Brochu, C.A. 2007. Morphology, relationships, and biogeographical significance of an extinct horned crocodile (Crocodylia, Crocodylidae) from the Quaternary of Madagascar. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 150 (4), 835–863.
• Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp.
• Cope, E.D. 1861. Recent species of Emydosaurian reptiles represented in the Museum of the Academy. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia1860: 549-551.
• Eaton, Mitchell J.;Andrew Martin, John Thorbjarnarson, George Amato. 2009. Species-level diversification of African dwarf crocodiles (Genus Osteolaemus): A geographic and phylogenetic perspective. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50 (3): 496-506.
• Fuchs, K., R. Mertens, and H. Wermuth. 1974. Zum Status vom Crocodylus cataphractus und Osteolaemus tetraspis. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 266: 1-8.
• Gossmann, V.; Lötters, S.; Obame, F. & Böhme, W. 2002. Zur Herpetofauna Gabuns. Teil II: Kommentierte Artenliste der gefundenen Reptilien, Bemerkungen zur Artenvielfalt. Herpetofauna 24 (136): 19-33.
• Gray, J. E. 1870. Note on the Black Crocodile of Africa. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 6: 427.
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• Helfernberger, N. 1981. Ein Beitrag zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie von Osteolaemus t. tetraspis. Herpetofauna 3 (11): 9-11.
• Hoogmoed, M.S. 1980. Herpetologische waarnemingen in Ghana [part 8]. Lacerta 38 (10-11): 112-116.
• Inger, Robert F. 1948. The systematic status of the crocodile Osteoblepharon osborni. Copeia 1948 (1): 15-19.
• King, F. W., and R. L. Burke, eds. 1989. Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference
• Lilljeborg, W. 1867. Description of Halcrosia afzelii, a new crocodile from Sierra Leone, West Africa. Proc. zool. Soc. London 1867: 715-718.
• Miles, Lee G.; Stacey L. Lance; Sally R. Isberg;  Chris Moran; Travis C. Glenn . 2009. Cross-species amplification of microsatellites in crocodilians: assessment and applications for the future. Conserv Genet. 10:935–954.
• Murray, A. 1862. Description of Crocodilus frontatus, a new crocodile from Old Calabar River, West Africa. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 11: 222-227.
• Murray, A. 1862. Description of Crocodilus frontatus, a new crocodile from Old Calabar River, West Africa. Proc. zool. Soc. London 1862: 213-218.
• Pauwels, O.S.G. & Vande weghe, J.P. 2008. Les reptiles du Gabon. Smithsonian Institution, Washington: 272 pp.
• Pauwels, O.S.G.; Kamdem Toham, A. & Chimsunchart, C. 2002. Recherches sur l’herpétofaune du Massif du Chaillu, Gabon. Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique (Biologie) 72: 47-57.
• Piras, Paolo; Luciano Teresi; Angela D. Buscalioni and Jorge Cubo. 2009. The shadow of forgotten ancestors differently constrains the fate of Alligatoroidea and Crocodyloidea. Global Ecology and Biogeography (Global Ecol. Biogeogr.) 18: 30–40.
• Ray, D.A.; White, P.S.; Duong, H.V.; Cullin, T.; Densmore, L.D. 2000. High levels of genetic variability in West African dwarf crocodiles Osteolaemus tetraspis tetraspis. In Crocodilian Biology and Evolution, edited by G. Grigg, F. Seebacher, and C.F. Franklin. Surrey Beatty and Sons, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• Roos, Jonas; Ramesh K. Aggarwal, Axel Janke. 2007. Extended mitogenomic phylogenetic analyses yield new insight into crocodylian evolution and their survival of the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45: 663–673.
• Ross, Franklin D. 2006. African dwarf-croc quandary persists. . Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter 25(1):19-21. [.
• Ross, Franklin D. 2006. Osteolaemus syntype headcount requested. . Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter 25(1):21. [.
• Ross, Franklin D. 2006. Schmidt dwarf-croc safe temporarily. Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter 25(2):18.
• Schmidt, Karl Patterson. 1919. Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo based on the Collection of the American Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. Part I: turtles, crocodiles, lizards, and chamaeleons. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 39 (2): 385-624.
• Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2001. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147].
• Trutnau, L. & Sommerlad, R. 2006. Crocodilians. Their natural history and captive husbandry. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 646 pp. [review in Reptilia GB 48: 8-10].
• Trutnau, L. & Sommerlad, R. 2006. Krokodile - Biologie und Haltung. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 646 pp. [review in Reptilia Münster 11 (6): 95-96].
• Wermuth, H. 1953. Systematik der Rezenten Krokodile. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum im Berlin 29 (2): 375-514.
• Wermuth, H., and R. Mertens. 1961. Schildkröten, Krokodile, Brückenechsen. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena. xxvi + 422 pp.
• Wermuth,H. & Fuchs,K. 1978. Bestimmen von Krokodilen und ihrer Häute. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart - New York, 100 pages, [ISBN 3-437-30268-X].
• Willis, Ray E. 2009. Transthyretin gene (TTR) intron 1 elucidates crocodylian phylogenetic relationships. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53 (3): 1049-1054.