{"id":179565,"date":"2022-04-15T19:15:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T13:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=179565"},"modified":"2022-04-15T19:15:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T13:45:15","slug":"saltwater-crocodile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/saltwater-crocodile\/","title":{"rendered":"Saltwater crocodile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>: Saltwater Crocodile (<em><i>Crocodylus porosus<\/i><\/em>) which was once used to be found in Vietnam and southern China has become extinct in these areas due to human activity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Saltwater Crocodile<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: Wikipedia<\/p>\n<p>It is the largest of the 23 species of \u2018extant\u2019 or living crocodilians. This includes \u2018true crocodiles\u2019, alligators and caimans.<\/p>\n<p>It is also called the \u2018estuarine crocodile\u2019 as it is typically found in the brackish water of estuaries.<\/p>\n<p>It can also tolerate saltwater in the oceans and can travel long distances over the open ocean, making use of tidal currents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conservation Status<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>IUCN Red List:<\/b><\/strong>Least Concern<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>CITES:<\/b><\/strong>Appendix I (except the populations of Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, which are included in Appendix II).<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>Wildlife Protection Act, 1972:<\/b><\/strong>Schedule I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Habitat: <\/b><\/strong>Saltwater Crocodile is found in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia and the Solomon Islands.<\/p>\n<p>It is also one of the three crocodiles native to the Indian Subcontinent, along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/crocodile\/\"><u>mugger crocodile (<\/u><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/crocodile\/\"><em><u><i>Crocodylus palustris<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/crocodile\/\"><u>)<\/u><\/a>\u00a0and the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gharials-conservation-odisha-forest-department-announces-cash-reward\/\"><u>gharial (<\/u><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gharials-conservation-odisha-forest-department-announces-cash-reward\/\"><em><u><i>Gavialis gangeticus<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gharials-conservation-odisha-forest-department-announces-cash-reward\/\"><u>)<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In India, it is found in three locations\u2014 the Sundarbans, Bhitarkanika National Park and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Threats: <\/b><\/strong>Illegal hunting, habitat loss, fishing activities, use of crocodile parts for medicinal purposes and antipathy toward the species because of its reputation as a man-eater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) which was once used to be found in Vietnam and southern China has become extinct in these areas due to human activity. About Saltwater Crocodile Source: Wikipedia It is the largest of the 23 species of \u2018extant\u2019 or living crocodilians. This includes \u2018true crocodiles\u2019, alligators and caimans. It is also&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/saltwater-crocodile\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saltwater crocodile<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10309,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-179565","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/179565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10309"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/179565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}