Crocodiles

WHS inhabited by animals of the order Crocodilia, which include (true) Crocodiles as well as Caimans and Alligators.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Crocodiles':

  • "W" National Park of Niger Nile crocodile
  • Belize Barrier Reef
  • Central Amazon Conservation Complex
  • Chitwan National Park Mugger crocodile (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Cliff of Bandiagara "Semi-domestic crocodiles are kept as sacred village protectors of Bandiagara and its ancient founder,Nangabanou Tembily. They are also revered so as to ensure continued rains in the ritual rain dances (Yaro and Diko, 1940)." (AB)
  • Comoé National Park dwarf crocodile
  • Darien National Park Cayman crocodile and American crocodile
  • Dja Faunal Reserve two species of crocodile, one being the African long-snouted crocodile (unep)
  • Djoudj Nile crocodile
  • Dong Phayayen Siamese Crocodile
  • Everglades
  • Guanacaste
  • Iguacu
  • Iguazu National Park
  • iSimangaliso Wetland Park
  • Kakadu National Park
  • Komodo National Park saltwater crocodile
  • Lake Malawi
  • Lake Turkana
  • Lopé-Okanda African dwarf crocodile (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Lorentz National Park
  • Los Katios National Park American crocodile
  • Mana Pools
  • Manu National Park black caiman Melanosuchus niger, common spectacled caiman Caiman crocodilus (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Niokolo-Koba National Park all three African crocodiles and dwarf crododile
  • Noel Kempff Mercado National Park broad-snouted caiman, black caiman
  • Salonga National Park
  • Sangha Trinational Nile crocodiles
  • Selous Game Reserve
  • Sian Ka'an
  • Sundarbans National Park
  • The Sundarbans
  • Tikal National Park Morelet's crocodile
  • Ujung Kulon National Park Malayan gharial and estuarine crocodile (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Victoria Falls Nile crocodile
  • Wadi Al-Hitan Fossils include skeletons of crocodilians (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Wet Tropics of Queensland Daintree River