Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - American crocodile ORDER - CROCODYILIA FAMILY - Crocodylidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Crocodylus acutus REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Cites I 1 U.S. ESA - Endangered 1 IUCN - Endangered 1 District Reference Corozal, Belize 2 Belize, Belize 2 Toledo, Belize 3 Orange Walk, Belize 3 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Government land 2 Shipstern Nature Reserve 2 Manatee Forest Reserve 2 Northern Lagoon/Southern Lagoon (Prop 3 Payne's Creek Wildlife Sanctuary 3 Cayes, other; see comments 3 Turneffe Reef 3 Ambergris Cay 3 Hick's Cays 3 Turneffe Reef Wet season 4 Four Mile Lagoon (Proposed) 5 Placencia Peninsula & Lagoon (Propose 5 Shipstern Nature Reserve 5 Deep River Forest Reserve 5 Shipstern Nature Reserve 5 Northern Lagoon/Southern Lagoon (Prop 5 Ambergris Cay 5 Caye Caulker 5 Cayes, other; see comments 5 Hick's Cays 5 Tobacco Cays 5 Turneffe Reef 5 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 00' to 88 15' 5 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 2 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 3 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 5 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 00' to 88 10' 5 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 2 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 10' 3 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 3 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 00' to 88 10' 2 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 15' to 88 30' 5 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 5 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 45' to 88 00' 5 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 30' to 87 45' 3 17 15' to 17 30'; 87 45' to 88 00' 5 17 15' to 17 30'; 87 30' to 87 45' 2 17 15' to 17 30'; 87 20' to 87 30' 5 17 30' to 17 45'; 87 45' to 88 00' 5 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 00' to 88 15' 4 17 52'35" to 18 11'30"; 87 49' to 88 03' 5 General Distribution Comments 5* (86) Middle Long Cay, South Long Caye, Moho Caye, Lighthouse Reef, Caye Chapel; Nesting: Ambergris, C. Caulker, Gallows Pt/Mapps Caye, Light- house Reef, Turneffe Atoll 3* (32) Punta Ycacos Lagoon; (86) Gallows Point, Southern Long Caye, Caye Chapel. 6* Islands and cays off the coast of Belize. References 1 King, F. W. , R. L. Blake eds. 1989. Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. ASC. Wash. DC. pp. 8-9. 2 Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize. Report to National Protected Areas Management Project. 3 Thorbjarnarson, J. 1994. Trip Report Belize. Unpublished report for The Wildife Conservation Society. 7 pp. 4 Platt, S. G. 1994. Checklist of Fauna Recorded During Crocodile Surveys of Turneffe Atoll. Unpub. checklist. 5 Platt, S. G. 1994. Preliminary Assessment of the Status of the American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in the Turneffe Atoll, Belize. Unpub. report to Coral Cay Conservation and University College of Belize. 6 Lee, Julian C. 1996. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula. Comstock Publishing Associates. Ithaca, New York.
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01/19/98