Siamese crocodile

Siamese crocodile
Siamese crocodile at Moscow Zoo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Crocodylidae
Genus: Crocodylus
Species:
C. siamensis
Binomial name
Crocodylus siamensis
Schneider, 1801

The Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) is a type of freshwater crocodile. It lives in Indonesia (Borneo and possibly Java), Brunei, East Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The Siamese crocodile is critically endangered. It has already disappeared from many regions.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Bezuijen, M.; Simpson, B.; Behler, N.; Daltry, J. & Tempsiripong, Y. (2012). "Crocodylus siamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T5671A3048087. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T5671A3048087.en. Listed as Critically Endangered (CR A2cd v3.1)
  2. ↑ Bezuijen, M.; Simpson, B.; Behler, N.; Daltry, J. & Tempsiripong, Y. (2012). "Crocodylus siamensis. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)