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Contact: R. Zohlo, I. Games Nile crocodile Namibia Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) Status of Wild Populations: No recent suney data are available. Presenin the Kunene River in the nonhwesr, and rhe floodplains of the Zamb€zi, Chobe, and Linysnti in tie Caprivi ales in no(h€stern Namibia where the populations of this species in 1980 were not considered ro be endargercd. Also present in the Okavango, where it was classified as endangered in 1980 (Pooloy 1982). Management atrd Conservation Pro€rams: Crccodiles are legally protected in lhe Kavango area (partially), and in Kaokoland (firlly) and Caprivi (folly) regions (Pooley 1982). Three fanns were opentional prior !o 1989, but rwo closed down and only one currendy remains (H. Kely, in litt. June 1 I , 19m). This farm is located in Otijiwamngo, and conrains 50 animals ovcr 2 m long and 79 between 1.8 and 2 m. Breeding crocodiles were puchased from Botswana. Country Rrting Survey Data: I-no survey planned Wild Population Status: l-unknown ManrgemertProgiam: C-legislation, E.3-farming Contact: Dr. Eugene Joub€rt Nile crocodilc Niger Nif e crocodile (Crocodjlus niloticus\ Slonder-snouled crocodile Nile crocodile Dwarf crocodile Nigeria Slender-snouted crocodile (C r o c o dy I u s c atap hrac tu s) Strtus of Wild Populations: No recent survey dara arc available. C. catapfuadus 1s Vesent in lhe Barkono River Gorge in the Yantari Game Reserve, where it was lisled as not common. It is also listed in lho Gaji and Yankari riven (Pooley 1982). Maneg€ment and Conservatiotr Progmms: In $e 1970s, this sp€cies was not lrotecled under the rtild Animal l,aws of Nigeria, but was officially Fot€cted in all game reserves (Pooley 1982). It is now ofiicially prolacted under rhe Enalangered Species Decr€€ of 1985 (Klenm and Navid 1989). Country Rating: Survey Dala: I-no survcy planned 'WildPopulation Status: l-unknown Management Program: Clegislation Nife crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) Status of Wild Populationsi No recent survoy dala are available, although it was listed by Pooley ( 1982) as widespread but mle. Its d€cline has been auribuled to hide hunring. Crocodiles are also kept in villages as objects of intcresr, for purported magical properties (Cott and Pooley 1972), or as status symbols or invesrnenls (for future sale of the hide) (Morgan-Davies 1980). ExEemelypoorqualityartisanallearher go(ds mad€ from C. rli/rti.id hides were sold to rourists from Europc and Nonh America in fair quanrities all through lhc 1970s (F.W. King, p€rs. comm.). Status of Wild Populations: No recenr survey data arc Managem€nt and Conservation Programs: Although Nile available. Disfibution apporendy restricted to the Niger River crocodilcs were not protecrcd in lhe 1970s under thc Wild and some of its tributaries. Reponed by onc source in 1980 to Animal hws of Nigeria, lhey were officially proleclcd in all b€ widespread but uncommon in reseFes, this sp€cics is con, garne res€rvos (Pooley 1982). They arc now officially protecled under the Endangered Sp€cies De.ree of 1985 (Klemm sidered to be an endangered spe€ies by another source (Pmley 1982). and Navid 1989). A pilor rcsrocking proglam was iniliared by the Kyarimi Park Zoo in 1976 ,rith tho relcase of l5 crocodiles Managem€nt and Conservation Programs: A permancnt in the Gasaka Game Rescrvc. In 1979,20 captivc,bredjuveniles were released in the Yim River in rhe cumunli came hunting ban was established by decree in 1972 (Klemm and Navid 1989). Reserve, and plans were made to release an addirional 50 juvoniles in lhe Pandam Game Preserve in 1980 (Morgan- Country Rating Davies 1980). Survey Data: I-no sufley planned Wild Population Status: 3-seycrely depleted/endangered Country Rsting ManagementProgram: C-logislalion Survey Data: I-no survey planncd Wild Population Status: l-unknown Contact Mr. Anaala Tiega ManagementProgram: Clegislation only 26
Dwarf crocodile (Os teolaemus tetraspis) Status of WiId Populations: No recent survey daa arc available, Dwarf crocodiles were rcponed to be rarc in Westem State in the early 1970s. The slEcics was also reporrcd from forcsted rivers and slrcams in Easr Cenfal Srare (pooley 1982). Manag€ment and Cons€rvation Programs: See C. cataPlt ac I us acaonnl aL|oy c, Country Rating Survey Data: I-no su.vey planned Wild Population Status: l-unknown Managemcnt Program: Clegislation Contact: Dr. Pius Anadu Nile crocodile Republic of South Africa Nif e crocodif e (Crocodllus liloticus) Status of Wild Populations: Poolcy (1982) summarizcs the known information on sratus and distriburion up ro 1980. In thc Transvaal, crccodiles are found in all perennial rivers in Kruger National Park. Outside the park, popularions are prcsent in the Komati, Olifants, Blyde, Sabie, Irtaba, Crocodilo, and Limpopo rivers. Crocodile status oulside Kruger National Park in 1980 was listed as vuln€rablc (Pooley 1982). A survey by Jacobsen ( 198,1) rcv€led that crocodilcs in rhe Transvaat oubide Kruger Nadonal Park are widespread, bul found in low densitics. Acrial surveys located popularions in seven rivers. Thc survoys, covering 2,1216 km, found a mean dcnsily of 0.27 croco, diles/&m. The highest observed density was on rhe lower Olifants River (1.13/kmi 112 krn surveyed). Based on an extrapolation from thcse alata, rhe total population size in thc Tmnsvaal was estimared to be 4,000 individuals, of which 3,000 occur in Kruger Narional Park. The Nilc crocodile wai at one rime widely disEibured t'roughout Nalal province, and was espccially numerousln me rivers of NaIal province, such as fie Tugela and Umfolozi dvers, and at SL Lucia. Currently. crocodiles are sparscty disrribulcd rhroughour nonhcm Nalal from the Mozambique border soulh to rhe Tugela Rivcr. The major populations are regula@s the keeping of animals in captivity and allows for killing crocodiles in defcnse of human lives or propeny. ID Nahl, crocodiles were protccted under lhe Reptile hotection Ordinance of 1968. Crocodiles in the Transvaal are protecred unaler the Tmnsvaal Nature Conservarion Ordinance of 1983 (Klemn and Navid 1989). Pror)eny owners may hunr crocodiles on their own land without pernits (Pooley 1982). In Natal Provincc, some consideration has be€n given ro rcslocking cenain areas such as the hke St, Lucia system, Pongolapood Dam, and Lake Sibaya, but no acrion has been t ken pcnding a feasibility study (D. Blake, pers. comm.) The commercial nanagemont of crocodiles in South Africa is basod on farming. A total of 28 farns were in exisrence in 1990, and captive breeding has been accomplished on 16 of these (H. Kelly, pcrs. comm.). Most rcproductive stock has b€en obtained from other counrri€s, p€nicularly Zimbabwe and Botswana, Somo problem crocodiles have been capNed and sold to farmers by $e NaEl Parks Board (D. Blako, pers. comm.). In March, 1989, the to6l stock at six farrns in Nat3l numbqcd 6.36?, includinS 380 breeding animals. Plans are being made to peiition fc reclassificarion of lhe South African crocodile popularion ro Appendix II of CITES for dle development of a ranching Fogram (H. Kelly, pers. comm.). In 1988 the Natal Park Board inEoduced a ptan ro collerl eggs from vulncrable nes6 in rhe St. Lucia sysrem. During $e 1988-1989 season, eggs were collected ftom seven of the 123 ncsrs located. Coutry Rating Survey Data: Ill-basic survey data Wild Population Status: 4depleled,/wlnemble Management hogram: B.3-farming Contactsr David K. Blake, Dr. George R. Hughes, A.C. Pooley, M. Darazs, Andrew Ericksen, Jan-Gerd Kuhlmann, Johan Marais, Howard Kelly, Perer Watson Nile crocodile Rwanda Nile crocodife (Croco tlylus niloticus\ Status of Wild Populations: Thcrc are no recent survey data and the status of crocodiles in Rwanda is unknowr. found in the Ndumu came Reserve and rhe take Sr. Lucia Syslcm. Based on aerial counts, rhe estimalcd crocodile population in Natal is atlour4,5m. Somc informarion on populaaion Management and Conservation Progmms: Hunting is per, tiends indicates thar rhe crocodilc p,opularions in St. Lucia and mircd under licens€ (Klemm andNavid 1989). A pilot croco, Ndumu are relatively s(able, whercar in orhcr area such as t-akcs dile falm was rcponed to have starcd in 1984 (Luxmoore et al. S ibaya and Mzingaz i, rEpons indicale thalpopulalions are dectining. In some areas there is cvidence of organizcd poaching of 1985). crocodiler for Fadirional medicinal purposcs (Blake 1990). Country Rating Survcy Data: I-no survey planned Manag€nent and Conservation Programs: Crocodrles in Wild Population Slatus: l-unknown South Africa arc protected under provincial, bur no1 fcderal MaMgemcnl Prograrn: E. I -cropping. E.l-farmrng legislation.In Nat l crocodiles aie prolccted under the Naturc Conscrvation Ordinanc€ as amended in 1980. This tesislation Contactr Dr. Nicole Mondon 21
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