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The Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) is a critically endangered crocodile. Its population is very small, and they can only be found in the Orinoco river basin in Venezuela and Colombia . Extensively hunted for their skins in the 19th and 20th centuries, it is one of the most endangered species of crocodiles.
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The largest known specimen among the living crocodilians was an Orinoco crocodile with a length of 6.78 m (22.2 ft). [2] One of the largest known Saltwater crocodile measured 6.2 m (20.3 ft) and was shot in Papua New Guinea. [2] A 6.17 m (20.2 ft) long individual was captured alive in Mindanao in 2011. [3]
The Orinoco crocodile is one of the rarest reptiles in the world. Its range in the wild is restricted to the middle and lower Orinoco River Basin. [30] More than 1000 fish species have been recorded in the river basin and about 15% are endemic. [31]
But after more than 100 people were reported killed in violence related to armed groups in the area this year, Forero said, WCS staff currently cannot travel back to where the Orinoco crocodile lives.
Directs conservation programs for Orinoco crocodiles in Venezuela and South America. Velasco coordinated captive breeding activities to strengthen Orinoco crocodile populations in the wild through ...
Three extant crocodilian species clockwise from top-left: saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), and gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) Crocodilia is an order of mostly large, predatory , semiaquatic reptiles , which includes true crocodiles , the alligators , and caimans ; as well as the gharial ...
Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) Slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)