American Crocodile

The most widespread of the four extant species of crocodiles from the Americas. It inhabits waters such as mangrove swamps, river mouths, fresh waters, and salt lakes, and can even be found at sea, hence its wide distribution throughout southern Florida, the Greater Antilles (excluding Puerto Rico), Southern Mexico (including the Yucatán Peninsula), Central America, and the South American countries of Colombia and Ecuador. The American crocodile is especially plentiful in Costa Rica.