Table 2.
Areas with the highest priority for crocodilian conservation worldwide and their relative percentage by country.
| Country | Area (km2) | Relative percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 234,963.48 | 69.41 |
| Benin | 117,057.68 | 61.91 |
| Bolivia | 143,981.29 | 12.40 |
| Brazil | 618,214.55 | 6.98 |
| Burkina Faso | 12,068.24 | 4.01 |
| Cambodia | 258,627.70 | 82.64 |
| Cameroon | 509,056.90 | 84.55 |
| Central African Republic | 232,748.66 | 24.13 |
| Chad | 36,499.10 | 2.87 |
| China | 254,398.23 | 2.82 |
| Colombia | 640,940.08 | 56.50 |
| Cuba | 107,415.63 | 100.00 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 36,859.72 | 1.61 |
| Ghana | 228,481.86 | 95.58 |
| Guinea | 317,132.00 | 92.96 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 19,072.10 | 100.00 |
| Guyana | 32,564.25 | 15.47 |
| India | 644,551.70 | 20.45 |
| Indonesia | 120,355.71 | 6.41 |
| Ivory Coast | 423,054.19 | 100.00 |
| Laos | 47,367.70 | 20.60 |
| Liberia | 120,610.98 | 100.00 |
| Myanmar | 35,114.95 | 5.26 |
| Nepal | 10,850.34 | 7.37 |
| Niger | 60,123.45 | 5.09 |
| Nigeria | 600,591.30 | 66.10 |
| Peru | 96,233.90 | 7.45 |
| Philippines | 105,439.76 | 36.06 |
| Republic of the Gambia | 110,856.15 | 65.31 |
| Thailand | 78,055.34 | 15.24 |
| United States | 62,452.63 | 0.85 |
| Venezuela | 493,966.75 | 54.45 |
| Vietnam | 49,391.12 | 15.23 |
Areas denote regions selected by Model 1 (i.e. FD, PD and TD higher than 90% of the total observed and with the presence of CR species4).