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The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) is a species of crocodilian found in the Neotropics.It is the most widespread of the four extant species of crocodiles from the Americas, with populations present from South Florida, the Caribbean islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, [4] and the coasts of Mexico to as far south as Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela.
Common name. Distribution. Crocodylus acutus. (Cuvier, 1807) American crocodile. Southern Florida and the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of north Mexico to North America as far south as Peru and Venezuela, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Grand Cayman. Crocodylus halli [4] Murray, Russo, Zorrilla & McMahan, 2019.
Lepas anatifera has long been known to grow on sea turtles, but in 2008, some small specimens were found attached to an American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) on the Pacific coast of Mexico. That crocodile species mostly inhabits mangrove swamps and river estuaries, but it is salt tolerant, and sometimes is found in marine environments. In this ...
Hope this croc is just another ‘snow-bird’ staying for the holidays.” Only 1,500 to 2,000 adult American crocodiles survive in southern Florida’s brackish swamps, the state says.
The Western Ecuador Moist Forests (NT0178), also known as the Pacific Forest of Ecuador, is an ecoregion in the plains and western foothills of the Andes of southern Colombia and Ecuador. At one time this region contained dense forests with highly diverse flora and fauna, and many endemic species. Most of the original habitat has now been ...
“American crocodiles range from the northern coast of South America through Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean. In the U.S., only the southern end of Florida hosts a population of these ...
Genus Crocodylus – Laurenti, 1768 – fourteen species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population American crocodile. C. acutus Cuvier, 1807: Northern South America, Central America, Greater Antilles: Size: up to 500 kg (1,100 lb)
Cleaning symbiosis is a relationship between a pair of animals of different species, involving the removal and subsequent ingestion of ectoparasites, diseased and injured tissue, and unwanted food items from the surface of the host organism (the client) by the cleaning organism (the cleaner). [5] Its status has been debated by biologists, with ...