Species profile—Crocodylus johnstoni (Australian freshwater crocodile)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Crocodylidae (crocodiles) → Crocodylus johnstoni (Australian freshwater crocodile)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Crocodylidae (crocodiles)
- Scientific name
- Crocodylus johnstoni Krefft, 1873
- Common name
- Australian freshwater crocodile
- Type reference
- Krefft, G. (1873). Remarks on Australia crocodiles, and description of a new species. Proc Zool. Soc Lond. 1873: 334-335.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 583
- Synonym(s)
- Crocodylus johnsoni
- Alternate name(s)
- freshie
freshwater crocodile
Johnstone's crocodile - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=583
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
