American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)

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The American crocodile is a species of crocodilian found in the neotropics, it is the most widespread of four crocodiles from the Americas, with populations present from South Florida and the Coast of Mexico to as far south as Peru and Venezuela. The habitat of American crocodile consists largerly of coastal areas, it is also found in river sistems, but tends to prefer salinity, resulting in the species congregating in brackish lakes, mangrove swamps, lagoons, cays, and small islands. 
They are also found in hypersaline lakes, one of the largest known populations inhabits Lago Enriquillo in the Dominican Republic.
The American crocodile is one of the larger crocodile species. Males can reach lengths of 5 meters with larger ones found in Costa Rica, on average mature males are more in the range of 3 to 4,1 meters long, as with other crocodile species females are smaller rarely exceedind 3,8 m.

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