Saltwater Crocodiles Florida

Miami fl 33141 switchboard.

Saltwater crocodiles florida. A saltwater crocodile could be seen lounging on the seawall when another larger crocodile launched out of the water last thursday. The refuge is closed to the public. South east florida is home to about 2 000 american crocodiles living in coastal areas and in the area s abundance of saltwater canals and brackish creeks and mangrove swamps according to the fwc. The habitat of the american crocodile consists largely of coastal areas.

Two people in florida were bitten by a crocodile in an attack that may have been the first of its kind. It lives primarily in southeast asia the east coast of india micronesia and northern au. Florida fish and wildlife officials also confirmed the image was of an american crocodile. Fox estimates it was between 7 and 8 feet long.

I suppose this depends on what you mean by saltwater crocodile. Florida has further burnished its reputation for exotic and deadly wildlife with the discovery of three nile crocodiles near miami a good 6 000 miles from where the huge predators are. The american crocodile crocodylus acutus is a species of crocodilian found in the neotropics it is the most widespread of the four extant species of crocodiles from the americas with populations present from south florida and the coasts of mexico to as far south as peru and venezuela. Alejandro jimenez 26 of doral and lisset rendon 23 of miami were treated at a miami area hospital and released after being bitten by an 8 to 9 foot croc while swimming in a coral gables canal at about 2 a m.

On sunday the miami herald. The species known as the saltwater crocodile crocodylus porosus does not live in florida.