Newly discovered Central African crocodile species has soft skin

Scientists have discovered a new crocodile species, one that has soft skin and is, unfortunately, very endangered. Called the Central African slender-snouted crocodile, this new species wasn’t exactly unknown, only misidentified. Until now, experts had believed it to belong to its West African counterpart. The new species was originally believed to be part of the West African crocodiles Mecistops cataphractus, …