{"id":151974,"date":"2021-12-09T14:17:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T08:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=151974"},"modified":"2022-03-12T14:38:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T09:08:12","slug":"crocodile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/crocodile\/","title":{"rendered":"Crocodile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>About Crocodile species found in India:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mugger or Marsh Crocodile:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-green\"><strong>About the Species: <\/strong>The Mugger crocodile is a medium to large crocodilian species. It has a distinctive aspect and is the most alligator-like of all crocodile species.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99580 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Page-25-Image-24.jpg?resize=268%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mugger or Marsh Crocodile\" width=\"268\" height=\"183\" \/><strong>Conservation Status:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN Red List:<\/strong> Vulnerable<\/li>\n<li><strong>CITES:<\/strong> Appendix I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> It is a freshwater crocodile native to southern Iran to the Indian subcontinent. It is extinct in Bhutan and Myanmar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Threats: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Habitat destruction<\/li>\n<li>Entanglement and drowning in fishing equipment<\/li>\n<li>Increasing incidents of conflict with humans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Estuarine or Saltwater Crocodile:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-green\"><strong>About the Species: <\/strong>It is considered the Earth\u2019s largest living crocodile species native to saltwater habitats and brackish wetlands.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99581 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Page-25-Image-25.jpg?resize=275%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Estuarine or Saltwater Crocodile\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><strong>Conservation Status:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>IUCN Status: Least Concern<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CITES:<\/strong> Appendix I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Habitat: <\/strong>It is found throughout the east coast of India, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Threats:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Illegal hunting<\/li>\n<li>habitat loss and<\/li>\n<li>antipathy toward the species because of its reputation as a man-eater.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gharial:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-green\"><strong>About the Species: <\/strong>The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), also known as the gavial or the fish-eating crocodile.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99582 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Page-25-Image-26.jpg?resize=275%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gharial\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><strong>Conservation Status:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN Status<\/strong>: Critically Endangered<\/li>\n<li><strong>CITES<\/strong>: Appendix I<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wild Life (Protection) Act,1972<\/strong>: Schedule I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Distribution:<\/strong> It was once found across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. However, currently, it survives in several severely fragmented populations in India and Nepal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Protected areas:<\/strong> National Chambal Sanctuary and Katarnia Ghat Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Characteristics:<\/strong> The gharial is one of only two species in the Gavialidae family. It has a characteristic elongated, narrow snout, similar only to the tomistoma (previously called the false gharial). Many sharp, interlocking teeth line the gharial&#8217;s elongated jaws.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Threats:<\/strong> Construction of Dam, barrages, and water abstraction, entanglement in fishing nets, River bed cultivation and sand mining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Crocodile species found in India: Mugger or Marsh Crocodile: About the Species: The Mugger crocodile is a medium to large crocodilian species. It has a distinctive aspect and is the most alligator-like of all crocodile species. 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