Two New Species of Neotropical Crocodiles Identified

Crocodiles immigrated to the Neotropics from Africa approximately 5 million years ago and diversified into the four living species recognized today. The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) inhabits a wide variety of environments from hypersaline to freshwater localities on the mainland, islands, cays, and coral atolls along the Neotropical Pacific and Caribbean coasts and is sympatric […]

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Crocodiles immigrated to the Neotropics from Africa approximately 5 million years ago and diversified into the four living species recognized today. The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) inhabits a wide variety of environments from hypersaline to freshwater localities on the mainland, islands, cays, and coral atolls along the Neotropical Pacific and Caribbean coasts and is sympatric …