Animal profile

Cuban Crocodile

Crocodylus rhombifer

ReptiliaFreshwater swamp and marshCritically Endangered

Field profile

The Cuban crocodile is a mid-sized, strikingly patterned crocodilian confined to two Cuban swamps. It has proportionally long legs, reduced webbing and a bony ridge behind the eyes. It is more terrestrial and more agile on land than most crocodilians, and has one of the smallest wild ranges of any crocodilian.

Published field notes

2023-03-22

Cuban Crocodile

The Cuban crocodile lives in two swamps only

Once found across Cuba and on the Cayman Islands and Bahamas, this crocodile is now restricted to the Zapata Swamp and a small population in the Lanier Swamp. Interbreeding with American crocodiles now threatens what remains.

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