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The Philipine Crocodile
The Philipine Crocodile
The Philipine Crocodile
The Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) is a crocodile found in the Philippines. It is also known as the Mindoro crocodile and the Philippine freshwater crocodile. It became data deficent to critically endangered in 2008. In the Philippines, it is strictly prohibited to kill a crocodile, but its status is critically endangered from exploitation and unsustainable fishing methods, such as dynamite fishing. Conservation methods are being taken by the Dutch/Filipino Mabuwaya foundation,[4] the Crocodile Conservation Society and the Zoological Institute of HerpaWorld in Mindoro.
Anatomy
The Philippine crocodile is a freshwater crocodilian endemic to the Philippines. They have a relatively broad snout and thick bony plates on its back(heavy dorsal armor). This is a fairly small species, reaching breeding maturity at 1.5 m (4.9 ft) and 15 kg (33 lb) in both sexes and a maximum size of approximately 3.1 m (10 ft). Females are slightly smaller than males. Philippine crocodiles are golden-brown in color, which darkens as it matures.