Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Morelet's crocodile ORDER - CROCODYILIA FAMILY - Crocodylidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Crocodylus moreletii SYNONYMS - Crocodilus moreletti, Dumeril and Bibron, 1851 REFERENCES - 8 and 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Cites I 1 U.S. ESA - Endangered 1 IUCN - Endangered 1 District Reference Toledo, Belize 5 Belize, Belize 2 Corozal, Belize 3 Orange Walk, Belize 3 Cayo, Belize 3 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Private land, see comments 6 Monkey River Special Development Area Private land, see comments 4 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve 4 Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary 4 Burdon Canal Nature Reserve 4 Gallon Jug 4 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) 4 New River Lagoon (Proposed) 4 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) Dry season 2 Government land 3 Shipstern Nature Reserve 3 Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve 3 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 3 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve 3 Gallon Jug 3 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) 3 Private land, see comments 3 Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (Private 3 Burdon Canal Nature Reserve 3 Manatee Forest Reserve 3 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 3 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 3 Bladen Nature Reserve 3 Private land, see comments Wet season 7 New River Lagoon (Proposed) Wet season 7 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) Wet season 7 Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve Wet season 7 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Wet season 7 Gallon Jug Wet season 7 Hydrologic Association Reference Belize River 4 Belize River 7 Cox's Lagoon 7 Cox's Lagoon 2 Deep River 4 Mussel Creek 4 New River 4 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 4 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 7 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 3 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 4 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 3 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 4 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 7 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 4 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 7 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 3 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 00' to 88 10' 4 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 4 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 7 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 7 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 2 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 4 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 7 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 4 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 3 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30' 4 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 3 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 3 General Distribution Comments 7* (81) Gold Button Ranch, Banana Bank Ranch, St. Paul's Vlg. (S of Rancho Dolores), Bill Hasse Farm (Mi.30 W. Hgwy.), Tower Hill (Kate's Lgn.), San Narcisso (Sapote Lgn.), August Pine Ridge (Yellowstick Lgn.), Tillet Farm (Mi.15 N. Hgwy) 4* Almond Hill lagoon, Bill Hasse Farm, Carmelita lagoon, Castillo Pond, Dawson Creek, Easler Lagoon, Gold Button Ranch, Hattieville Prisin lagoon, Habenero lagoon, Mexico lagoon, Orange Stump lagoon, Parrot Hill pond, Rheinland Lagoon, Sand Hill, Sally's lagoon, Shawfield, Gales Point, Trash house lagoon. 6* Goldbutton Ranch 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. p. 11. 2 Hunt, H. R., J. Tamarack. 1992. Cox Lagoon Crocodile Preserve. Unpub. report. pp.4-8 3 Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize. Report to National Protected Areas Management Project. 4 Platt, S.G. and R.R. Montanucci. 1993. Nesting ecology, juvenile and subadult food habits, and status of Morelet's crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in Belize. Project report to WCS. 5 Abercrombie, C.L., D. Davidson, C.A. Hope and D.E. Scott. 1980. Status of Morelet's Crocodile Crocodylus moreleti in Belize. Biol. Conserv. 17:103-113. 6 Thorbjarnarson, J. 1994. Trip Report Belize. Unpublished report for The Wildife Conservation Society. 7 pp. 7 Platt, S. G., Montanucci, R. R. 1994. Nesting ecology, food habits, and status of Morelet's crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in Belize. Project report to Wildlife Conservation Society. 8 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