Cuban Crocodile | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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The Cuban crocodile is classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

This species is listed under Appendix I of CITES.

Red List Category & Criteria: Critically Endangered A2cde ver 3.1[1]Year Published: 2008Date Assessed: 2008-01-01

This species is no longer found in most of its historic range and is currently restricted to two relatively small areas in Cuba. Its principal distribution is in the Zapata Swamp, where it occupies an area of 360 km². In the Lanier Swamp on the Isle of Youth its present distribution is 35 km².

It has the smallest range of any living crocodilian species. No wild Cuban crocs have been seen in the Lanier Swamp for over a decade, so efforts to secure and increase the population in the Zapata Swamp are essential.

Countries: Cuba