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Slender-snouted crocodile
Nile crocodile
Dwarf crocodilc
Burkina Faso
Slender-snouted crocodile
(C ro cod! lus cataphrac h.s )
Status of Wild Populations: No recent sufley data are
av^il^ble. C. cataphructur was reported to be present in lhe
Comoe, Black Volta, and Bougouribariven (Wai*uwait 1989).
Pooley (1982) notes tha! populations have disappeared from
mosr arcas. Skin hunling and the collection of eggs for consumplion
were noted ro b€ the biggest problems
Nile crocodile (Croco tiylus niloticus)
Status of Wild Populations: No reconl survey dalA are
available. Reponed to have b€en common at th€ mouth of the
Rusizi River near lho capital ofBujumbu'a, and present in Ilke
Tanganyika eooley 1982).
Managem€nt and Conservation Progrems: Legally protecr,ed
under a l97l rcgularion (Klemm and Navid 1989).
Country Reting
Survey Data: I-no suvey planned
Wild Population Sfatus: l-unknown
Management hogran: C-legislation
Managem€nt and Conservation Programs: Fully protected
by legislation enacted in 1979 (Klemm and Navid 1989).
Count.y Rating
Survey Dala: I-no survey planned
Wild Populalon Status: l-unknown
Managemenl Program: Cleglslation
Nile crocodile (Crocodllus niloticus)
Status of Wild Populations: No rcccnl survey data are
available. Liste.d as being prcsenr in $c Black Vol(a, Red volfa,
and Whirc Vol|a (Pooloy 1982).
Management and Conservation Programs: Scc C.
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Slender-snouted crocodilo
Nile crocodile
Dwarf crocodile
Cameroon
Slender.snouted crocodile
(C r o. o d! lu s c at ap hrac tu s )
Status ofwild Populations: The species was listed as endangered
by the Fauna Conservation Deparnnent in 1980 (Pooley
1982). Abercrombie (1978) rcported local informanls saying
this sp€cies was quile common in rcmote areas of lho Cross
river. Lirde skin tmdo was reported but the flesh was eaten. A
quick survey by Behra (pers. comm.) in 1988 found extsemely
few animals.
Country Ratiog
Survey Data: I-no survey planned
wild Popularion Strtus: l-unknown
Management Programi C-legislation
Dwa.f crocodile (OJte olaemus tetrospis)
Status of Wild Populations: No rc.ent survcy dala are
available. waitkuwait (1989) lists it from the Comoe, Black
Volta, and lhe Bougouriba rivers.
Managem€ntand Conservation Programs: Lcglslation pertaining
to C. cataphractB alitd C. nilaric,lj also presumably
applies to this species as wcll.
Country Rating
suraey DaIa: I'no suncy planncd
Wild Population Slatus: I -unknown
Managcmcnt Program: Clegislalion
Contact: Mr. Souleymane zeba
Nile crocodile
Burundi
Management and Conservttiotr hogramsi In lhe 1970s,
crocodilians were unprolecEd outlide of nationalparks Cooley
1982). The hunting of crocodrles under license was authorized
by legislarion in 1983 fv'lemm and Navid 1989
Country Raaing
Survey Data: I-no survey plannod
Wild Population Status: l-unknown
Management ProgEm: E. l-cropping
Nile crocodile (CrocodJlus niloticus)
Status of Wild Populatiotrsi No recent survey data arE
available. This sp€cies is considered !o be endangered by the
Fauna Conservaiion Depanmcnt in 1980 (Pooley 1982).
Abercrombie ( 1978) states ftat commercially exploitablepopu'
laiions had not existed in over l0 years. Behra (pers. comm.)
reporled small populations occurred in the no(hem pa( of the
counlry. Although the population was conditionally transferred
ro CITES Appendix II in 1985 (see below), no survey
data was available.
Management and Conserrafion Programs: The hunting of
crocodiles was authorized under license by legislation in 1983
(Klemm and Navid 1989). Cameroon's population was transfened
lo CITES Appendix lI in 1985 and an annual expo(quota