1 Saltwater Crocodile, Estuarine Crocodile at Mossman, QLD
Identification history
| Crocodylus porosus | 2 Dec 2024 | JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 |
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Healthy, not fully grown .
Mossman River at Foxton (the location of the highway bridge just north of Mossman town centre).
In flood waters, (drawing down wards after the mid. Dec. major floods) – viewing upstream from the highway bridge top .
Circa 3m long . Yalanji Bama local people i know tentatively suggested looks like a female but didn't say confirmation of this .
Slowly cruising around .
Around this location all the time in this period of weeks before and after Christmas,
since the 2023 Dec. 13–18 major flooding rainfall of 2000+ ml .
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Location information
- Coordinates 145.370965-16.453277
- Places Mossman, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 Dec 2023 12:50 PM Recorded on
- JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 Recorded by
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Crocodiles Reptiles and Frogs JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 North Queensland NatureMapr
Additional information
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Crocodylus porosus Scientific name
- Saltwater Crocodile, Estuarine Crocodile Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 100m Recorded at altitude
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