Specimen ID | 626445 |
Group | Reptiles-Crocodilians |
Genus | Crocodylus |
Species | niloticus |
Common Name | Nile Crocodile |
State | FL |
County | Miami-Dade |
Locality | Chekkika area |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Everglades |
HUC8 Number | 03090202 |
HUC10 Name | Everglades National Park |
HUC10 Number | 0309020213 |
HUC12 Name | Everglades National Park |
HUC12 Number | 030902021300 |
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Collection Day | 8 |
Collection Month | 3 |
Collection Year | 2014 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | escaped captivity |
Status | failed |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 26749 |
Author: | Dute, J. |
Date: | 2014 |
Title: | Invasive Nile crocodile removed from Everglades National Park. |
Publisher: | AL.com |
Issue: | March 14 |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 26750 |
Author: | Staletovich, J. |
Date: | 2014 |
Title: | Two-year search for deadly Nile croc ends with capture in Everglades National Park. |
Publisher: | Miami Herald |
Issue: | March 12 |
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Comments | captured and removed; had been loose for two years. Two others collected in 2009 and 2012 are believed to have escaped from the same facility |
Record Type | Literature |
Earliest Record | locale |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 1 |
Year Class | juvenile |
Size | 5.5-foot, 37.4-pound |
Number of Juveniles | 1 |