The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Crocodylus johnsoni

 – Lower Risk Least Concern

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: REPTILIA
Order: CROCODYLIA
Family: CROCODYLIDAE
Scientific Name: Crocodylus johnsoni
Species Authority: Krefft, 1873
Common Name/s:
EnglishAUSTRALIAN FRESHWATER CROCODILE, FRESHIE, JOHNSON'S CROCODILE, JOHNSTON'S CROCODILE, JOHNSTONE'S CROCODILE

Assessment Information

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

Geographic Range

Countries: Native:

Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)

Habitat and Ecology

System: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Bibliography

Bibliography:

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

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 johnsoni. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 07 September 2008.
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