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Country Accounts Africa Nile crccodile Algeria Nile crocodile (Croco dylus ,riloticus) Statusof Wild Populations: During the early 1900s, isolated populations were confirmed from a series of small lakes and ponds in thc Tassili-n-Aijer region of soulheastom Algeria These populations had been shot out by lhe French by 1934 (cugeisberg 1972). Manag€ment and Cons€rvation Programs: Curenl: No wild populations rcmain. Pmposed: None. Country Rating Survey Dala: I-no survey planned Wild Population Sfatus: 2-exdryated ManagementProgram: l-no infornadon Slendcr snouEd crocodile Nile crocodile Dwarf crocodile Angola Slender.snouted crocodile (C ro c o d! Ius calap hrac tus) Status of Wild Populations: No reccnt survey data are availablc. The species is rcported !o be endangered and present only in rivers in $e nonh-northedslem r€gion of the country bordering Zaire and Cabinda (Pooley 1982). Msnagement and Cons€rvation Programs: Currcnl Prorcc(cd by decree in 1969. Hunting and the exporlofskins are prohibired (Pooley 1982). Country Ratirg Survey Dah: I-no survey planned Wild Population Strtus: 3-severcly depleteavendangcred Managemen! hogram: Clegislation Nile crocodile (Crrcodylus niloticus) Status of Wild Populations: No recont survey alata are available. In 1980, the species was widely aLstnbuted through_ out the country and considercd to be rare to vulnerable. Good numbers ofcrocodiles rrore rcported to bc in (he lower Kuneno, Cuanze, and lhe rivers to lhe eas! fPooley 1982). Msnsgem€nt and Conservation Programs: Hunting and expon of skins were prohibit€d by decrcc in 1969 (Pmley 1982). CountrJ Rating Survey Dala: I-no survcy planned Wild Population Status: 4-depleted/wlndable Managemenl hogram: C-legislation Dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis) Status of Wild Populations: No recent survey dala are available and thc slatus of lhis spccics is uncertain. Apparently ir only occurs in thc enclave of Cabinda norlh of the Congo river. In 1980 this species wasclassifiedas rare or indclerminate (Pooley 1982). Management and Conservation Programsl Prctecled by decrcc since 1969. The hunling of crocodiles and the export of skins is prohibiled (?ooley 1982). Country Rating Survey Data: I no survey planned Wild Populatron Stalus: l-unl(nown Managemcnt Program: Clegislation Contact: Nkosi Luta Kingengo Slender snoured crocodile Nilc crocodrle Dwarf qocodile Benin
Slender-snouted crQcodile (C r o c o d! lu s c atqp hr ac tu s ) Ststus of Wild Populations: No r€cent survey data arc available, but it is listed as being present in the Oueme River by Pooley (1982) and wai&uwait (1989). Management atrd Conservaaion Programs: Fully protocted under 1980legislation (Klomm and Navid 1989). Country Rating Survey Data: I-no survey planned Wild Population Status: l-unknown Management hoglam: Ciegislation Management and Conservation Programsi See C, calaphf ac I us acconnt abo\ c. Country Rating Survcy Data: I no survey planned Wild Populalion Statusr l-unknown Management ftogram: Ciegislation Conlact: Mr. l-aurent Worou Nile crccodile Botswana Nile crocodile (Crocodllus niloticus) Status of Wild Populations: The present and hisloric distribution of the Nile crccodile in Botswana is limired to the few perennial rivers in ftis arid country. The largest populations arc in theokavango River, fie Okavango Delt!" and in the Limpopo, the Kwando, and Linyandrchobe dvers. Estimated crocodile population <strong>size</strong> in $e Okavango is 5,704-6,608, and in lhe nonhcm and eastem region of the country tho @tal population is estimated at I,185-2,?80. The btal populadon in thc Limpopo Rivcr is esrimatcd to tte 2,552. Isolalcd and unsuweyed, populadons also exist in hke Liarnbezi and Savuti Channcl. The counry's tolal crocodile population <strong>size</strong> is projected to be 9,000-10,0m (CITES 1989, Simbolwe 1990). A sories of aerial surveys to count crocodile rcsB in the upper Okavango Delta rvas conducted between 1973 and 19?9 (Grahan 1976, Crahaln and Sinbolwe 1988, Sinbotwe 1990). Nesting ircreased by an average of 9.5% annually fton 1975- 19?9. Aerial surveys were rcsumed in 198? and indicaled nesting levels were similar to $e 1979 level (this despite the Nile crocodile (Crocodllus offtate of 175-3m adult females in the previous thrce years; niloticus) Graham and Simbotwe 1988). However. lhe numbcr ofncsts in Status of Wild Populations: No recent survey data are 1989 was reponed !o be down (Simbotwe and Guillefo, pers. available. ItispresentinthePendjariNationalParkandtheBali comm,) \Yaterhole(Pooley 1982). Management and Conservation Programsr Crcrodiles in Management and Conservation Programsi See C, BoBwana arc regulated under the Fauna Conseflation Act of c at a p hr ac I us acc ount abov e, 1961. They are considered a game animal and hunling is permitied by license. Crocadiles were extensively hunted in the Country Rating Okavango rcgion bctwcen 1959 and 1969, and again in 1973- Survey Data: I-no survey planned 1974 (Graham and Simbotwe 1988). For the period 1986- I 989 Wild Population Slalus: I'unknown pcrmils wcrc issued to collect 1,600 adutl crocodiles and 12,000 Management hograrn: Clegisladon eggs from fte Okavango. The aduh crocodiles were for usc in captive breeding operations in Botsrvana, Namibia, and Soud Africa. Two caplive breeding opemlions arE currently registered with the CITES Secretariar wildlife Servicer Botswana Dwarf crocodif e (Osteolaemus tetraspis) and rhe Okavango S wa.rnps Farm. Thcsc $vo farms still dcpend Status of Wild Populationsr No rcccnt suvey data arc availablc. h is listcd as being presenl in the Oucmc, Mckrou, and Alibori rivqs (Wailkuwait 1989). largely on eggs from the wild. Another farm (Tuli Block/ Limpopo River Farm) has rccendy stated opendon along thc Limpopo River (L. Guilletie. pers. comm.). Bobwana maintained a reservation on the Nile crocodile until the popularion was Eansfered to CI'IES Appendix II in 1985 (pu6uant 10 Resolution Cont 5.21) and an annual quota of qopp€d crocodiles was established at 2,000. This quota was not rcalized due 10 adminisradve problems, so the quota was extended in 1987. To ilate no crocodile skins havc bccn cxponcd. However, since 1983, 4,487 live crocodiles have been exportcd !o olhcr crocodilc farms in South Africa and Namibia. A1 thc 1989 CITES confcrcnce, Bobwana removcd itr re.servation on l.he Appendix I lisring ofc. nilrtlcLr, clearing the way for fie Eansfer ofcrocodile populations !o Appendix lI under Resolution Cont 3.15 (raflching crileria). l,egal cropping continues but is limilcd 1o 50 per year for non-resident safari hunters. Country Rating: Survey Data: Ill-basic survey data Wild Population Sla1us: 4-depleted/vulnemblo Management hogran: 8.2'ranching, E.3-farming Contact: Dr. Jon M. Hulton,John Seaman,Dr. M.P. Simbolwc, G.C. Crair 15
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