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The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is a crocodilian native to saltwater habitats, brackish wetlands and freshwater rivers from India's east coast across Southeast Asia and the Sundaland to northern Australia and Micronesia. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 1996. [2]
A number of young crocodiles have been released into a small and remote river in the park, not accessible to visitors. [22] The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is working with the government of Laos on a new programme to save this critically endangered crocodile and its wetland habitat. In August, 2011, a press release announced the ...
In 1991, it was estimated that 159 resident and 23 migratory species were endangered or vulnerable due to forest clearance, illegal logging, hunting and habitat degradation, especially in the lowlands. The species most affected are large water birds whose wetland habitat has been largely lost to agriculture, and forest species, as deforestation ...
The world's largest crocodile in captivity, Cassius, died at a wildlife sanctuary in Australia. The Marineland Melanesia Crocodile Habitat & Gift Shop posted on Facebook about the loss of Cassius ...
A Thai crocodile farmer who goes by the nickname “Crocodile X” said he killed more than 100 critically endangered reptiles to prevent them from escaping after a typhoon damaged their enclosure.
Thai name Geographical range; Crocodylus porosus: Crocodylidae: Saltwater crocodile: South Crocodylus siamensis: Crocodylidae: Siamese crocodile: West and southeast Tomistoma schlegelii: Crocodylidae: Sunda gharial: Malayan false gharial: Extreme south - Probably extinct
Cassius, the world’s largest saltwater crocodile in captivity, has died.The 18ft Australian crocodile, who lived on Green Island in the Great Barrier Reef, was thought to be more than 110 years old.
The largest crocodile ever held in captivity is a saltwater–Siamese hybrid named Yai (Thai: ใหญ่, meaning big; born 10 June 1972) at the Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo, Thailand. This animal measures 6 m (20 ft) in length and weighs 1,200 kg (2,600 lb).