Species/Siamese crocodile
Siamese crocodile
Crocodylus siamensis
CRCritically Endangered
- Range
- Scattered wetlands in Cambodia, Indonesia, and Laos
- Population
- Fewer than 1,000 mature in the wild; farms hold many more
- Trend
- decreasing
- Last assessed
- 2012
Almost gone from the wild while abundant in crocodile farms — often hybridised, so the farm is not a ark.
Captive stock is not a wild river.
Threats
- Wetland conversion
- Hunting
- Hybridisation in farms
What you can do
- Support Fauna & Flora Cambodia crocodile work
Nest protection in remaining wetlands.