Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768

Kirchhof, Sebastian, Wasonga, Victor, Mazuch, Tomáš, Spawls, Stephen & Malonza, Patrick Kinyatta, 2023, An annotated checklist of the herpetofauna of the Sibiloi National Park in northern Kenya based on field surveys, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 324) 17 (1 / 2), pp. 1-18 : 5

Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768

CITES App. II

Vouchers: None

Localities: AB (L), IL (L, B), KF (L, G)

Remarks: The Lake Turkana population of Nile Crocodiles used to be the largest in the world ( IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2020). Recent data suggests that the crocodiles are heavily impacted by local fishermen who destroy nesting sites, and the remaining population is only a fraction of what it used to be ( IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2020). We found Crocodylus niloticus in Lake Turkana and adjacent water bodies along the shoreline. Very young juveniles ( Fig. 4A ) were found in March/April.

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Fig. 4. Reptile species recorded during the surveys: (A) Crocodylus niloticus; (B) Agama lionotus; (C) Agama rueppelli; (D) Holodactylus africanus; (E) Hemidactylus angulatus; (F) Hemidactylus barbierii; (G) Hemidactylus lanzai; (H) Hemidactylus ruspolii; (I) Homopholis fasciata; (J) Lygodactylus somalicus; (K) Stenodactylus sthenodactylus; (L) Heliobolus spekii; (M) Latastia longicaudata; (N) Philochortus rudolfensis; (O) Chalcides bottegi; (P) Mochlus sundevallii; (Q) Trachylepis striata; (R) Varanus albigularis; (S) Eryx colubrinus; (T) Platyceps brevis; (U) Psammophis cf. tanganicus; (V) Psammophis punctulatus; (W) Rhamphiophis rostratus; (X) Naja pallida; (Y) Bitis arietans; and (Z) Echis pyramidum.