Crocodylus acutus

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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

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1ac ver 2.3

Year Published:

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

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

Conservation Actions:	It is listed on CITES Appendix I (except the population of Cuba, which is included in Appendix II).

Conservation Actions:

It is listed on CITES Appendix I (except the population of Cuba, which is included in Appendix II).

	Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland. Crocodile Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website Groombridge, B. 1982. The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book, Part 1: Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynocehapalia. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.

Crocodile Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website

Groombridge, B. 1982. The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book, Part 1: Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynocehapalia. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Citation:	Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. Crocodylus acutus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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