Table 1.
Summary of localities for American crocodile (C. acutus) and Morelet’s crocodile (C. moreletii) samples collected in coastal mainland habitats of Belize (1996–1997) (adapted from [27]). (Numbers correspond to map in figure 1.)
| locality | C. acutus | C. moreletii |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Belize River | 0 | 1 |
| (2) Burdon Canal—FabersLagoon | 0 | 2 |
| (3) Coastline (Ladyville) | 0 | 1 |
| (4) Four-mile Lagoon | 0 | 1 |
| (5) Haulover Creek | 0 | 1 |
| (6) New River | 0 | 15 |
| (7) Northern Lagoon | 1 | 1 |
| (8) Northern River Lagoon | 3 | 0 |
| (9) SibunRiver/BurdonCanal | 0 | 3 |
| (10) Deep River | 1 | 0 |
| (11) Monkey River | 0 | 7 |
| (12) Bladen River | 0 | 7 |
| (13) Placencia Lagoon | 0 | 1 |
| (14) Sittee River | 0 | 4 |
| (15) Ambergris Cay | 7 | 0 |
| (16) Cay Caulker | 4 | 0 |
| (17) Hicks Cay | 1 | 0 |
| (18) Maps Cay | 1 | 0 |
| (19) Turneffe Atoll | 22 | 0 |
| (20) Calabash Cay | 2 | 0 |
| (21) Cox Lagoon | 0 | 1 |
| (22) Gales Point | 3 | 0 |
| (23) Gallon Jug | 0 | 3 |
| (24) Gold Button Lagoon | 0 | 3 |
| (25) Long Cay | 2 | 0 |
| (26) Payne’s Creek | 0 | 3 |
| (27) San Pedro Lagoon | 1 | 0 |
| (28) Sapote Lagoon | 0 | 4 |
| (29) Western Lagoon | 3 | 0 |
| total n=54 | 56 |