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available. In Tanzania rhis spe.ies occurs only in Lake
Tanganyika and thc Luichi and MalaSarasi rivers. The spccies
was considered to be vulnerable or drcarcned in 1980 (Pooley
1982).
Management and Conservation Programs: Crocodiles un,
de.r 2 m long are legally protectod under rhe Wildlife Corservation
Act of 1974, which requires wrinen pcrmission from rhe
Direclor of Wildlifo for hunring (Pooley 1982).
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Survey Data: I-no survey planned
'Wild Population Sratus: l-unknown
MaMgoment Progran: Clegislation
CountrJ Rating
Survey Data: Ill-basic survey dara
Wild Population Slalusr 4-deplered/vulnerable
Vanagemfnt Program: E.l{ropping, E.2 ranching
Contact: Emmanuel Severre, Dr. Jon M. Hutton
Slender-snouled crocodile
Nile clocodile
Dwarf qocodile
Togo
Slender.snouted crocodile
(C ro c o d! I u s c at ap h ra. tu s)
Status of Wild Populations: No recent suney data are
available. Pooley (1982) repor@d ftat there was a ma*ed
population decline in the early 1970s.
Management and Cons€rvation Programs: Crocodiles are
coosidered lo be predatory speci€s and may be killed wilhout
control in faming or inhabifed areas. Us€ of firearms !o kill
Nif e crocodif e (CrocodJlus niloticus)
cmcodiles is regularcd by license (Decree 79-139 of 1979). as
is the hunting ofcrocodiles in garne managemeni areas (Ktemm
Status ofwild Populations: Nile crocodiles are reportcd to be and Navid 1989).
widespread in Tanzania (CITES 1989). Re.€nr surveys navo
been conducted oflako Rukrva (Hiriji 1985). and in $e Selous Country Rating
Game Reserve (Hulton and Katalihwa 1989, caJnes and Sovene Suvey Data: I-no survey planned
1989). Total populadon size in l-ake Rukwa was esrimared !o vr'iu Population Status: I,unknown
te approximately 5.000. Crocodiles are found at low !o Managcment Program: E. l-cropping
moderale dcnsides (0.22- 156Am: 479 km survcyed) in aI rhe
rivers in &e viciniiy of &e Selous came Rescrve.
Nife crocodile (Croco rlllus niloticus)
Management and Cons$vation Programs: The species is
prolecrcd under lhe wildlife cons€rvarion MaMgemenr Acr
Status of Wild Populations: No recent survey data arc
No. 12, but the counfy has no policy or managcment plan
available. A population errimare of l,mo is menrioned by
(CITES 1989). Under CITES R€s. Coni 5.21 in 1985 rhe
Pooley ( 1982) for rhe northem p6rt of rhe country in 1970. The
Tanzanian populations of C. nlladar.r were transfcned to Appendix
II io permit the export of skins under the quora sysrem.
flopulation was reponedly declining in the 1960s and 1970s.
The 1985- 1986 annual quora was I ,000, and rhis was mised !o
Managemena and Conservation Programs: ToSo proposed
2,000 in 1987, and again 103,500 in 1989. Exported skins arc
the transfer of C. /trlodca ro CITES Apf,endix II in 1987, bul
obtained from cropping wildpopularions oulside national parks
providcd no population data. Legal status of C. nilollc$ is as
and game res€rves. Mos! of lhe skins exportcd in 1986 camc
desciticd abore for C . cataphtactur.
from Lake Rukwa (CITES 1989). Auhe 1989CITESme€rings,
Tanania sought an increaic in their quora, bur presenrcd no
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populaion survey data. However, plans are being made ro
Su.vey Dalai l-no survey planned
develop a ranching program and the following qlotas wcrc
Wild Population Srarus: l-unknown
approved: 1990, l,lmskins(l,000wild, l00rrophies),
Management
1991,
Progran: E. l-qopping
5,100 skins (4,000 ranched, I ,000 wild, and 100 trophies). and
1992,6,100 sldns (6,000 ranched, 100 trophies).
A crocodile farm opcned in Tanzania in 1981 bur closcd
Dwarf crocodile (Or teolqemus tetraspis)
do1 ,n in 1985 because of $e lack ofan inexpensivc food sourcc
(Luxmoore cl al. 1985).
Status of Wild Populations: No rccert survey dala are
ar?ilable. Listcd as being prescn! in the Mono and Od rivers
and Mare at Kini Kope (Wairkuwait 1989).
Management and Conservstion Programs: See C.
cataphroctu,s acco[ t abo\a,
Counlry Rating
Survey Data: I-no survey planned
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