Crocodylus acutus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA REPTILIA CROCODYLIA CROCODYLIDAE

Scientific Name: Crocodylus acutus
Species Authority: (Cuvier, 1807)
Common Name/s:
English – American Crocodile
French – Crocodile americain, Crocodile d'Amérique
Spanish – Caiman, Caiman de costa, Caiman aguja, Cocodrilo Americano, Cocodrilo de Río, Lagarto Amarillo, Lagarto Real
Synonym/s:
Crocodilus acutus Cuvier, 1807

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable   A1ac   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Crocodile Specialist Group
Reviewer/s:
History:
1994 – Vulnerable (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986 – Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1982 – Endangered

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; United States; Venezuela
Presence uncertain:
Belize

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Found in both freshwater and brakish/saline lakes, coastal lagoons and mangrove swamps. Terrestial nest sites and basking areas.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It is listed on CITES Appendix I (except the population of Cuba, which is included in Appendix II).
Citation: Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. Crocodylus acutus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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