Species profile—Crocodylus porosus (estuarine crocodile)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Crocodylidae (crocodiles) → Crocodylus porosus (estuarine crocodile)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Crocodylidae (crocodiles)
- Scientific name
- Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801
- Common name
- estuarine crocodile
- Type reference
- Schneider, G.J. (1801). Historiae Amphibiorum naturalis et literariae. fasc. sec. Jena : Frommani vi 374 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 584
- Alternate name(s)
- saltwater crocodile
Indo-pacific crocodile - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Potentially Aggressive
- Species environment
- All 3
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=584.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
