American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus
American Crocodile, Cuero y Salado, Honduras, March 2015 - click for larger image Cuero y Salado, Honduras
March 2015

The American Crocodile is distributed from Mexico to Ecuador along the Pacific coast and from Mexico to Venezuela along the Caribbean and Atlantic coast. See the distribution map at IUCN.

American Crocodile, Cuero y Salado, Honduras, March 2015 - click for larger image Classified as Vulnerable, it is found in both fresh and salt water but needs the water to be at least 18⁰C. It reaches up to 2.5 metres in length.

For more information see the page at ARKive.

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