Orinoco crocodile  (Crocodylus intermedius)

Range

Severely fragmented populations are found in the lower reaches of the Orinoco River in Venezuela and Colombia (4).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Once associated with a wide variety of habitats (from tropical forests to the streams of the Andes foothills), this species has now been restricted to the Llanos savannah and associated seasonal freshwater rivers (2).

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