Crocodylus acutus, American crocodyle
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Crocodylus acutus   Cuvier, 1807

American crocodyle

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Crocodylus acutus  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Reptilia | Crocodilia | Crocodylidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others; brackish; depth range 0 - 3 m (Ref. 116125).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic and Eastern Central Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in the water column, sandy beaches, mangrove areas and coastal lagoons (Ref. 83945).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Sasa, M., G.A. Chaves and L.D. Patrick 2009 Marine reptiles and amphibians. p. 459-468 Wehrtmann, I.S.; Cortés, J. 2009. Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Springer 538pp. (Ref. 83945)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Vulnerable (VU) (A2cd); Date assessed: 25 February 2020

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix I: International trade banned

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource |

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E-book | Field guide

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: ; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.2 - 28.5, mean 27.5 (based on 858 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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