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Sleniler-snouted crocodtle
Nile crccodile
Dwarf crocodile
Senegal
Slender-snouted crocodile
(C ro c o d! lu s c atap hruc tu s)
Status of wild Populations: No recent survcy data ale
available. Crocodile populations were reported !o have collapsed
in lie 1970s. Illegal hunttng has b€en the primary cause
(Pooley 1982).
Matragementatrd Constrvation Progrrms: All tfuee spccies
of crocodiles were protected in national parks, nature res€rves,
and forest reserves in 1971. Legislation tolally prot€cting
crccodrlcs was enacted in 1967 (Klemm and Navid 1989) and
l9?3 (Pooley 1982). Erforcement oflhes€ regulations has been
largely ineffectiv€.
Nile crocodlle
Seychelles
Nile crocodile (Crocodllus niloticus)
Status ofwild Populations: Crocodiles were extirpated from
the Seychelles by the last century. Nile crocodiles were
reportcd to have been common in brackish coashl marshes as
well as some inland swamps and steans of I3 Digue, Silhou_
otte, and Mah6. The last crocodiles werc kiued prior !o l8l9
(Guggisbeq 1972).
Manag€ment and Conservation Programs: None.
Corntry Rating
Survey Datar l-no survey planned
WildPopulation Status: 2-extirpated
Management hogram: B-none
Country Rating
Survcy Dat2: I-no survey plaltned
vr'ildPopulation Slatus: 3-severely depleted,/endangqcd
Management ProgIEm: Clegislation
Nile crocodife (Crocodylus niloticus)
Status of Wild Populations: No recert surey dala are Slender-snouted crocodile
(C
alallable. Crocodile populalions were reporled !o have col' t o c o.ltlu s c at aphruc tu s)
lapsedin $e 1970s. Illegal hunlinghasbe€nlbepnmarycause Status of Wild Populations: No recent survey data are
(Poolcy 1982).
availablo. The presencc of dis species in Sicra Leone has nol
been confirmed. Irwes ( 1970i in Pmley 1982) states that $rec
Manag€ment and Conservation Programsl See C species occur in the country, but are mrely seen. Cansdalo
catap hr adu: accoml atovc.
(1955) reporled the presencc of C. cataphract6 in Si€na
l-eonc, but commented lhat it was much less abundanthan C,
Country Rating
niiod.ru, and was found in some salinc mangrove habitaB. It
Survey Data: I-no survey planned
is listed as being present in the Moa and the Morro rivers by
Vr'ildPopulation Status: 3-severely depleled/cndangercd Wai*uwait (1989).
Management Program: Clegislation
Manag€ment rnd Conservation Programs: Tho hunting of
crocodiles is apparently aulhonzed under license (Wildlife
Dwarf crocodif e (Osteolacmus telraspis)
Consenation Acl, 1972: Klernrn and Navid 1989). A bag limit
Status of Wiu Populations: No recent dal- are availabtc, of l0 per psson was est blished (Pooley 1982).
although the sp€cies is reponcd to be common in Parc Nalional
Niokolo Koba, and the Gambia Rive.. Numbers were very low Country Rating
in the Parc Nadonal Della du Saloum. Hidc h nling was Suryey Dal-a: I-no suryey planned
reponcdly widespread in the 1970s (Pooley 1982).
Wild Populatlon Sl2tus: l-unknown
Managoment hogran: E.l cropping
Management and Cons€rvation Programs: Legislauon pcr_
tziningto C. cataph'a.tus and C. ntlodcar presumabty appl ies
to lhis spccics also.
Coutry Rating
Survey Data: I-no survey planned
WildPopulalion Slatus: 4-depletcd/wlnerable
Management Prcgram: Clegislation
Contact Mr. Assane Fall
Slender-snoutcd crocodile
Nile crocodrle
Dwarf cr&odile
Sierra Leone
Nile crocodile (Croco tlylus nilolicus)
Status of Wild Populationsr No recenl survey data ale
available. Thc account by Pmley (1982) suggests that a
significan! population decline has Izken place b€cause of commercial
hunting and habitat loss.
Managemcnt end Conservation Programs: See C.
catap hr act us atcouf1 ahove.
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