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American Crocodile

Crocodylus acutus

Photo by LivanEscudero
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

coastal areas, also found in river systems, but tends to prefer salinity, resulting in the species congregating in brackish lakes, mangrove swamps, lagoons, cays, and small islands

Notes:

Larger of the 2 seen on this day.

Reference Links:

American crocodile - Wikipedia

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