Turtles and Tortoises
Crocodiles | |
The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) has been suggested as early as 1979 for inclusion in CMS Appendix I (BELF 1979), due to its movements up and down rivers between its range states Bangladesh, Burma, India, Nepal and Pakistan. The species is considered "Endangered" (EN) according to the IUCN Red List 2000 (Hilton-Taylor 2000), and suffers from poaching and deterioration of its river habitat.
Several additional crocodile species show riverine movements and have been originally suggested for inclusion in CMS Appendices (BELF 1979). Among those, the Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) is now "Critically Endangered" (CR) (Hilton-Taylor 2000, and occurs between Colombia and Venezuela.
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This document is part of the publication "Riede, K. (2001): The Global Register of Migratory Species Database, GIS Maps and Threat Analysis. Münster (Landwirtschaftsverlag), 400 pp."
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