Species profile—Crocodylus johnstoni (Australian freshwater crocodile)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Crocodylidae (crocodiles) → Crocodylus johnstoni (Australian freshwater crocodile)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Crocodylidae (crocodiles)
- Scientific name
- Crocodylus johnstoni Krefft, 1873
- Common name
- Australian freshwater crocodile
- Type reference
- Krefft, G. (1873). Remarks on Australia crocodiles, and description of a new species. Proc Zool. Soc Lond. 1873: 334-335.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 583
- Synonym(s)
- Crocodylus johnsoni
- Alternate name(s)
- freshie
freshwater crocodile
Johnstone's crocodile - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=583.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
