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
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Potentially Aggressive
- Species environment
- All 3
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=584
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
