#1646 · 🦎 reptiles

American Crocodile

🇳🇱 Spitssnuitkrokodil ·Crocodylus acutus

VUvulnerable 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Justin Cook · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Bernd Dietrich · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Dr. Alexey Yakovlev · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Puntarenas, CR:© jimdaniels · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Florida, US:© Isaac Lord · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Othón P. Blanco, Q.R., México:© Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez · CC BY 4.0
7. Florida, US:© Isaac Lord · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Mexico:© Delgado Fabela Jared Fabián · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Florida, US:© Glenn Turner · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Guanacaste, CR:© Jairo Moya Vargas · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The American crocodile ( Crocodylus acutus ) is a species of crocodilian found in the Neotropics. It is the most widespread of the four extant species of crocodiles from the Americas. Populations occur from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of southern Mexico to South America as far as Peru and Venezuela. It also lives on many of the Caribbean islands such as Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Grand Cayman.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 18,799iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
18,799 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Georges Cuvier in 1807 (219 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.