Specimen ID | 294548 |
Group | Reptiles-Crocodilians |
Genus | Crocodylus |
Species | niloticus |
Common Name | Nile Crocodile |
State | FL |
County | Hendry |
Locality | Billie Swamp Safari on Seminole Tribe reservation |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Everglades |
HUC8 Number | 03090202 |
HUC10 Name | Lard Can Slough |
HUC10 Number | 0309020208 |
HUC12 Name | Lard Can Slough |
HUC12 Number | 030902020800 |
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Collection Year | 1988 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | escaped captivity zoo |
Status | failed |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 25647 |
Author: | National Geographic. |
Date: | 2010 |
Title: | Swamp Men: Croc Escape. |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 25648 |
Author: | Associated Press. |
Date: | 2012 |
Title: | Nile crocodile hunted near Miami as potential danger. |
Publisher: | USA Today |
Issue: | November 30 |
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Comments | Crocodile exhibit was vandalized and baby crocs escaped. All but one were captured. The remaining croc - Houdini, remained loose for at least 12 years. His recapture was the subject of a 2010 episode of National Geographic's Swamp Men. He was relocated to another facility. |
Record Type | Literature |
Earliest Record | state |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 1 |
Year Class | juvenile-adult |