| Common name | Crocodile snake eel |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Micronesia (Federal States of) |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Lieske, E. and R. Myers, 1994 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | primary lexeme |
| 1st modifier | non-fish animal |
| 2nd modifier | non-fish animal |
| Remarks | 'snake' like 'serpent' and 'snail' is etymologically the 'crawling' animal, from a prehistoric German base denoting 'crawl' (p. 485 in Ref. 11979); 'eel' from Middle English, 'ele', from Old English 'ael' and akin to Old High German, 'ãl' (Ref. 11978). |