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Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius)
Subject: Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius)
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Caiman del Orinoco - Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius).JPG
Resolution: 2560x1920 File Size: 1313431 Bytes Date: 2012:12:09 16:01:59 Camera: NIKON D40X (NIKON CORPORATION) F number: f/5.6 Exposure: 10/5000 sec Focal Length: 2000/10 Upload Date: 2017:03:22 01:33:38

Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius)


Español: Esta foto fue tomada en la Estacion Biologica del Hato El Frio en el Estado Apure. Tuve la suerte de fotografiar a un Caimán del Orinoco de al menos unos 6mts de largo y al que se le conoce por "Joselo"
Date 9 December 2012, 16:01:59
Author Daniel10ortegaven https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Daniel10ortegaven
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caiman_del_Orinoco.JPG

The Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) is a critically endangered crocodile. Its population is very small and it can only be found in freshwater environments in Colombia and Venezuela, in particular the Orinoco River and its tributaries. It is a very large species, in fact the largest species of crocodilian and predator in the Americas. This species is restricted to the Orinoco River basin in Colombia and Venezuela.

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Scientific Name: Crocodylus intermedius Graves, 1819
Common Names:
English – Orinoco Crocodile
French – Crocodile de l'Orénoque
Spanish – Cocodrilo del Orinoco
German – Orinokokrokodil
Synonyms:
Crocodilus intermedius GRAVES 1819
Crocodilus journei BORY 1824
Crocodilus Journei — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836
Mecistops bathyrhynchus COPE 1861
Crocodylus intermedius — WERMUTH & MERTENS 1977

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