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West African slender-snouted crocodile
Mecistops cataphractus
(CUVIER, 1825)


Photo by: ZGAP - Zootier des Jahres 2021
Additional images here: www.biolib.cz

Number of Subspecies:00
Information Source for Taxonomy:M. H. Shirley, A. N. Carr, J. H. Nestler, K. A. Vliet, C. A. Brochu (2018). Zootaxa Vol.4504, No.2, pp. 151–193
 
IUCN status:CR (Critically Endangered)
 


Current Holdings • Former Holdings
 
Africa
  Ghana (1 Holding(s)):
 
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  • Kumasi (Zoological Gardens) 
      South Africa (2 Holding(s)):
     
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  • oThongathi (Crocodile Creek) 
     
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  • Scottburgh (Crocworld) 
    Holding(s): 3