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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.
Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) The Orinoco crocodile is the largest reptilian predator in the Americas, and also the most critically endangered due to humans. Currently only found in Colombia and Venezuela, the color of its body varies from greenish gray and tan to gray, mirrored with dark green.
The Cojedes contains the main population of Orinoco crocodiles.. The Cojedes River (Spanish Rio Cojedes) is a tributary of the Orinoco River in central Venezuela.The Cojedes originates in Lara state, and flows southeast through a gap between the Cordillera de Mérida and the Cordillera de la Costa and across the Llanos grasslands of the Orinoco Basin to empty into the Apure River, which flows ...
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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.
The fauna of Venezuela consists of a huge variety of animals. Venezuela's diverse wildlife includes manatees , Amazon river dolphins , and Orinoco crocodiles , which have been reported to reach up to 6.6 metres (22 ft) in length.
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.
Apure: from Venezuela through the east into the Orinoco; Arauca: from Colombia to Venezuela east into the Orinoco; Atabapo: from the Guiana Highlands of Venezuela north into the Orinoco; Caroní: from the Guiana Highlands of Venezuela north into the Orinoco; Casiquiare canal: in SE Venezuela, a distributary from the Orinoco flowing west to the ...