Crocodilus acutus
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Crocodilus acutus
New Latin name Crocodylus acutus
Common name Nederlands: Spitssnuitkrokodil
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The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) is a species of crocodilian found in the Neotropics. It is the most widespread of the four extant species of crocodiles from the Americas. Populations occur from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of southern Mexico to South America as far as Peru and Venezuela. It also lives on many of the Caribbean islands such as Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Grand Cayman.