Crocodylus mindorensis

Philippine crocodile
Geographic Range
• The Phillipine Crocodile, Crocodylus mindorensis, is
historically indigenous throughout the Philippine is-
lands including Dalupiri, Luzon, Mindoro, Masbate,
Samar, Jolo, Negros, Busuanga and Mindanao. Re-
cent surveys show it to be limited to northern
Luzon and southwestern Mindanao islands.
• Habitat
• Crocodylus mindorensis seems to prefer small wetlands, but has also
been found in shallow natural ponds and marshes, man-made water
reservoirs, shallow narrow creeks, littoral creeks and mangrove areas,
and faster-flowing larger rivers in the mountains up to 850 m. They have
been observed in both the Sierra Madre and Cordillera Mountains in
fast flowing rivers with rapids and deep pools lined by limestone cliffs.
The cliffs have caves thought to be used as hiding places. The Philippine
crocodile has also been found to make burrows in sandy and clay river
banks. (Van Weerd, et al., 2006; Van Weerd, 2010)
• Habitat Regions tropical freshwater
• Aquatic Biomes lakes and ponds rivers and streams brackish water
• Wetlands marsh swamp