Siamese Crocodile - Crocodylus siamensis.
In: Crocodiles.Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan: 120-126.
Third Edition, ed. by S.C. Manolis and C. Stevenson. Crocodile Specialist Group: Darwin.
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Crocodylus siamensis is one of the world’s most endangered crocodilians. In 1992 it was reported as virtually extinct in the wild and in 1996 it was accorded IUCN Red List status of ‘Critically Endangered’. Since 1996, new status assessments have resulted in the discovery of wild populations and information on its global distribution and ecology, although it remains one of the least known of crocodilians.The Siamese crocodile occurs in a wide range of freshwater habitats, including slow-moving rivers and streams, lakes, seasonal oxbow lakes, marshes and swamplands. During the wet season, individuals disperse across fl ooded landscapes. The use of burrows excavated into the banks of rivers or lakes has been reported, with up to fi ve individuals utilizing a single burrow at one time. Generally preferring lowland elevations, the species has been recorded up to 600 m.
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