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  • REGISTRO DE LOS MOVIMIENTOS DE DOS EJEMPLARES DE COCODRILO AMERICANO, CROCODYLUS ACUTUS, EN PUERTO VALLARTA, JALISCO, MÉXICO

    Publicado: 2016-05-24 19:26:23

    Autor(es): Fabio Germán Cupul Magaña

    Palabras clave: Crocodile; Crocodylia; Crocodylus acutus; dispersion; movements

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Animal dispersal is the movement outward from a home area. This brief communication describes the movement of an adult and a juvenile of Crocodylus acutus captured and recaptured in the locality of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, between 2001 and 2004. Between capture and recapture, the adult crocodile moved 5 km in lapse of 42 days and a juvenile crocodile moved 1.6 km in lapse of three years and fie months.