Crocodylus novaeguineae

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	CROCODYLIA	CROCODYLIDAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

Schmidt, 1928

Common Name/s:

English

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New Guinea Crocodile

Red List Category & Criteria:

Lower Risk/least concern ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Crocodile Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Justification:
The species appears to remian abundant in its extesive habitat.

History:

1988	–	Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1982	–	Vulnerable

Countries:	Native: Indonesia (Irian Jaya); Papua New Guinea

Countries:

Native:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya); Papua New Guinea

Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Systems:

Terrestrial; Freshwater

Conservation Actions:	It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Conservation Actions:

It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Citation:	Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. Crocodylus novaeguineae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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