American Crocodile Welcome to Zonein's South American Animal information files.
Scientific name: Crocodylus acutus
Location: Atlantic and Pacific coasts of southern Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.
Size: lengths of 6.1 metres
Life Span: 60 to 70 yearsCurrent Status: endangered in some areas of its range
Habitat: mangrove swamps, river mouths, fresh waters, and salt lakes and at sea
Fast facts:
--- nostrils, eyes, and ears are situated on the top of its
head
--- eats insects,cattle, birds, mammals, fish, turtles,
crabs, snails, frogs, carrion.
Crocodylus acutus,
American Crocodile, Cocodrilo Americano. Photo taken at La
Manzanilla, Jalisco, Mexico
Photo by Tomás Castelazo