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crocodylus palustris kimbula
12-22-2016

Crocodylus palustris kimbula

Crocodylus palustris kimbula NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network. Taxonomic database that provides basic information about all living reptile species, such as turtles, snakes, lizards, and crocodiles, as well as tuataras and amphisbaenians, but does not include dinosaurs.

ITIS Reports — Crocodylus palustris kimbula ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world. The mugger crocodile, also called marsh crocodile, broad-snouted crocodile and mugger, is a crocodilian native to freshwater habitats from southern Iran to the Indian subcontinent. It is extinct in Bhutan and Myanmar and has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1982. Fresh water crocodile with relatively broad and heavy snout. Grey brown adults with 16-17 dorsal scales on trunk. Mainly feeds on smaller animals ranging from insects to smaller mammals

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Detailed information
Full Name: Ceylon Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris kimbula)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Reptiles
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 06/14/1976 Foreign (Headquarters) Wherever found
  • Countries in which the the Ceylon Mugger crocodile, Wherever found is known to occur: Sri Lanka
Federal register documents
Recovery
No recovery information is available for the Ceylon Mugger crocodile.
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