IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Crocodylus acutus

Crocodylus acutus
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Taxonomy

Kingdom ANIMALIA

Phylum CHORDATA

Class REPTILIA

Order CROCODYLIA

Family CROCODYLIDAE

Common Name/s AMERICAN CROCODILE (E)

CROCODILE D'AMÉRIQUE (F)
COCODRILO AMERICANO (S)
Species Authority (Cuvier, 1807)

Assessment Information

Red List Category &

VU A1ac ver 2.3 (1994)
Criteria

Year Assessed 1996

Assessor/s Crocodile Specialist Group

History 1982 - Endangered (Groombridge 1982)

1986 - Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988 - Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1990 - Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1994 - Vulnerable (Groombridge 1994)

Summary Documentation

System Terrestrial; Freshwater

Citation: Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. Crocodylus acutus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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