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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.
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)
A rarely seen American crocodile found its way ashore along Florida’s Treasure Coast, 160 miles north of Miami. It happened the first week of November in Indian River County, and video shows ...
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: Hall's crocodile: southern New Guinea Crocodylus intermedius ...
These baby crocodiles were born via artificial inseminationat a Peruvian zoo in FebruaryThey are endangered American crocodilesLocation: Lima(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ZOOKEEPER JOSE FLORES, SAYING ...
The highly adaptable American alligator is found in swamps, rivers and lakes with clear or turbid water. Crocodiles live in marshes, lakes and rivers, and can live in saline environments including estuaries and mangrove swamps. [115] American and saltwater crocodiles swim out to sea.
The Fort Worth Zoo welcomed two gharial crocodile hatchlings, a critically endangered reptile.. The zoo, located in Texas, is the only North American institute to successfully hatch multiple of ...
Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large, semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.The term “crocodile” is sometimes used more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia, which includes the alligators and caimans (both members of the family Alligatoridae), the gharial and false gharial (both ...