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Species Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801

Saltwater Crocodile

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Also the western Pacific and Indo-Malaysian regions.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Amphibious, estuary, inshore, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, noctidiurnal, oviparous, predator, swamp.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, general carnivore.

 

General References

Drane, C.R., Webb, G.J.W. & Heuer, P. 1977. Patterns of heating in the body, trunk and tail of Crocodylus porosus. Journal of Thermal Biology 2: 127-130

Grigg, G.C., Taplin, L.E., Harlow, P. & Wright, J. 1980. Survival and growth of hatchling Crocodylus porosus in saltwater without access to fresh drinking water. Oecologia (Berlin) 47: 264-266

Johnson, C.R. 1973. Behaviour of the Australian crocodiles, Crocodylus johnstoni and C. porosus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 52: 315-336

Johnson, C.R., Webb, G.J.W. & Tanner, C. 1976. Thermoregulation in crocodilians. II. A telemetric study of body temperature in the Australian crocodiles, Crocodylus johnstoni and Crocodylus porosus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 53A: 143-146

Magnusson, W.E. 1979. Dispersal of hatchling crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) (Reptilia, Crocodylidae). Journal of Herpetology 13: 227-231

Magnusson, W.E. 1980. Hatching and crèche formation by Crocodylus porosus. Copeia 1980: 359-362

Magnusson, W.E. & Taylor, J.A. 1980. A description of developmental stages of Crocodylus porosus, for use in aging the eggs in the field. Australian Wildlife Research 7: 479-485

Magnusson, W.E. & Taylor, J.A. 1981. Growth of juvenile Crocodylus porosus as affected by season of hatching. Journal of Herpetology 15: 242-245

Webb, G.J.W., Messel, H., Crawford, J. & Yerbury, M.J. 1978. Growth rates of Crocodylus porosus (Reptilia Crocodilia) from Arnhem Land. Australian Wildlife Research 5: 401-415

Webb, G.J.W. & Messel, H. 1978. Morphometric analysis of Crocodylus porosus from the north coast of Arnhem Land, northern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 26: 1-27

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
08-Mar-2011 19-Mar-2013 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)