| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | REPTILIA | CROCODYLIA | CROCODYLIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Crocodylus acutus | |||||||||
| Species Authority: | (Cuvier, 1807) | |||||||||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Crocodilus acutus Cuvier, 1807
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable A1ac ver 2.3 | |||||||||||||||
| Year Assessed: | 1996 | |||||||||||||||
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s | Crocodile Specialist Group | |||||||||||||||
| History: |
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| 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
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| 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 |
| Citation: | Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. Crocodylus acutus. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010. |
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