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The Nest Environment of the American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)
Copeia, 1984In the southern tip of the Everglades, Florida, a small population of the American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus builds nests in two quite different substrates, sand/shell and marl. Changes in temperature, soil water and gaseous composition were monitored in selected nests throughout incubation, and the gaseous resistance of the soils measured ...
Peter L. Lutz, Ann Dunbar-Cooper
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Historic and Present Distribution of the American Crocodile in Florida
Journal of Herpetology, 1989The historic and recent distribution of the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in Florida is from Vero Beach and Tampa south to the lower Florida Keys. Its nesting distribution is southern Biscayne Bay and northeastern Florida Bay. Both distributions reflect winter temperature. Nesting sites and non- nesting habitat have been lost to development on
Kushlan, James A., Mazzotti, Frank J.
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Conservation and management of the American crocodile
Environmental Management, 1988The American crocodile is a rare and endangered species, the range of which has contracted to disjunct locations such as Hispaniola, Jamaica, Cuba, Panama, and southern Florida. In an attempt to determine what factors might be limiting population growth, an extensive collaborative research program was conducted in 1978–82 in southern Florida.
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Thermophilic Response of the American Alligator and the American Crocodile to Feeding
Copeia, 1979The body temperatures (Tb) and thermal behavior of juvenile Alligator mississippiensis and Crocodylus acutus were monitored in an outdoor enclosure equipped with aquatic and terrestrial thermal gradients. Both species selected significantly higher and less variable Tbs when fed than when fasted.
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The Status and Ecology of the American Crocodile in Haiti
Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, 1988The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) is the most widely distributed of the New World crocodiles. Due to a combination of hunting for its hide, habitat destruction, and malicious killing, the American crocodile is currently in danger of extinction, with isolated populations existing for the most part only in relatively undisturbed areas ...
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OCULAR DISEASE IN AMERICAN CROCODILES (CROCODYLUS ACUTUS) IN COSTA RICA
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2011Beginning in early 2006, an ocular disease of unknown etiology was routinely observed in American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) inhabiting the highly polluted Tarcoles River in west-central Costa Rica. We examined the nature and incidence of ocular disease in Tarcoles crocodiles and assessed the possible association between the disease and ...
Thomas R, Rainwater +8 more
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Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1969
There is general agreement that birds and mammals, but not fish, can display error reduction on successive discrimination reversal (SDR) tasks. Reptiles, however, show error reduction on some but not other tasks. To provide further sampling of reptilian SDR performance, two species of crocodilians, the American alligator and the American crocodile ...
R L, Gossette, A, Hombach
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There is general agreement that birds and mammals, but not fish, can display error reduction on successive discrimination reversal (SDR) tasks. Reptiles, however, show error reduction on some but not other tasks. To provide further sampling of reptilian SDR performance, two species of crocodilians, the American alligator and the American crocodile ...
R L, Gossette, A, Hombach
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Shifts in hatching date of American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in southern Florida
Journal of Thermal Biology, 2020Globally temperature of marine environments is on the rise and temperature plays an important role in the life-history of reptiles. In this study, we examined the relationship between sea surface temperature and average date of hatching for American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) over a 37-year period at two nesting sites, Everglades National Park and ...
Michael S, Cherkiss +9 more
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France and American Literature: The Crocodile Beckons
World Literature Today, 2003Fyodor Dostoevsky's "The Crocodile/' a hapless civil servant named Ivan Matveitch goes to see an Egyptian crocodile on exhibition. It is not every day that such an exoticism comes to St. Petersburg. Alas, in a bizarre turn of circumstances, he is swallowed by the crocodile. Unlucky man!
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Evolution, 2020
The final formation of the Central American Isthmus (CAI) about 3.5 million years ago altered global ocean circulation, connected North and South America terrestrial biotas, and established the Caribbean Sea. The nature of this event creates a natural scenario to test vicariance, divergence, and speciation by allopatry. Studies have shown the effect of
Jose Avila‐Cervantes +5 more
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The final formation of the Central American Isthmus (CAI) about 3.5 million years ago altered global ocean circulation, connected North and South America terrestrial biotas, and established the Caribbean Sea. The nature of this event creates a natural scenario to test vicariance, divergence, and speciation by allopatry. Studies have shown the effect of
Jose Avila‐Cervantes +5 more
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