Philippine crocodile, Mindoro crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) Description
English: Crocodylus mindorensis basking on a rock in the Disulap River, Barangay Disulap. Photo MVW.
Date 7 February 2013, 23:14:27
Source Brown R, Siler C, Oliveros C, Welton L, Rock A, Swab J, Van Weerd M, van Beijnen J, Rodriguez D, Jose E, Diesmos A (2013). "The amphibians and reptiles of Luzon Island, Philippines, VIII: The herpetofauna of Cagayan and Isabela Provinces, northern Sierra Madre Mountain Range". ZooKeys 266: 1. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.266.3982
Author Brown R, Siler C, Oliveros C, Welton L, Rock A, Swab J, Van Weerd M, van Beijnen J, Rodriguez D, Jose E, Diesmos A
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crocodylus_mindorensis_basking_on_a_rock_in_the_Disulap_River,_Barangay_Disulap_-_ZooKeys-266-001-g102.jpg
The Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis), also known as the Mindoro crocodile, the Philippine freshwater crocodile or locally, bukarot, is one of two species of crocodiles found in the Philippines; the other is the larger Indo-Pacific crocodile or saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus). The Philippine crocodile, the species endemic only to the country, became data deficient to critically endangered in 2008 from exploitation and unsustainable fishing methods, such as dynamite fishing.
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Crocodylidae
Genus: Crocodylus
Species: Crocodylus mindorensis Schmidt, 1935