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American Crocodile

Crocodylus acutus
Cocodrilo Americano
Family: Crocodylidae
Order: Crocodilia
Class: Reptilia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Foto
Photography ID: 671256
  Adult
Quepos
San José
Costa Rica
02/03/2026
Rodolfo Julio Velazquez
Foto
Photography ID: 637342
  Adult
Tárcoles
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
04/06/2025
Eduardo Nadal
Foto
Photography ID: 542666
  Adult
Tárcoles
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
07/13/2023
Glauco Oliveira
Foto
Photography ID: 517604
  Adult
Río Tárcoles
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
05/12/2018
Nino A. Grangetto
Foto
Photography ID: 365293
  Adult
Puntarenas
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
03/08/2019
José Raúl Fernández
Foto
Photography ID: 328869
  Adult
Río Tárcoles
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
01/25/2019
Silvina Collado
Foto
Photography ID: 269922
  Adult
Tárcoles
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
01/06/2017
Marcos Augusto Lartigau
Foto
Photography ID: 206057
  Adult
Rio Matina
Limón
Costa Rica
06/11/2017
Patricio M. Silfeni
Foto
Photography ID: 158051
 Tárcoles
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
09/11/2012
Hugo Caverzasi
Foto
Photography ID: 137791
  Adult
Boca Tapada
Alajuela
Costa Rica
01/24/2016
Carlos Schmidt
Foto
Photography ID: 117459
  Adult
Rio tempisque
Guanacaste
Costa Rica
01/07/2015
Luis Cesar Tejo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
242773203/02/2026Costa RicaSan JoséCerca del Pacífico, QueposRodolfo Julio Velazquez
229669706/04/2025Costa RicaPuntarenasPuente de los Cocodrilos, TárcolesEduardo Nadal
179929813/07/2023Costa RicaPuntarenasPuente del río Tárcoles, TárcolesGlauco Oliveira
113969008/03/2019Costa RicaPuntarenasRío Tarcoles y Ruta 32, PuntarenasJosé Raúl Fernández
89694808/03/2019Costa RicaPuntarenasPuente del río Tárcoles, TárcolesPatricia Gabriela Mancilla Iglesias
91237625/01/2019Costa RicaPuntarenasRío TárcolesSilvina Collado
168756612/05/2018Costa RicaPuntarenasRío TárcolesNino A. Grangetto
67939911/01/2018Costa RicaPuntarenasPuente del río Tárcoles, Tárcoles12Luis Cesar Tejo
67637611/01/2018Costa RicaPuntarenasPuente del río Tárcoles, Tárcoles20Daniela Espinosa
58266211/06/2017Costa RicaLimónRio MatinaPatricio M. Silfeni
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.