Cuban Crocodile Breeding Program

Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer) photographed on a crocodile farm started by Fidel Castro in the 1960's in Ciénaga de Zapata National Park to help save the species. Cuban crocodiles and American crocodiles are interbreeding and creating hybrid offspring that threaten the survival of the Cuban species, which is down to only 4,000 individuals and listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN. Animals were captive.

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Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer) photographed on a crocodile farm started by Fidel Castro in the 1960's in Ciénaga de Zapata National Park to help save the species. Cuban crocodiles and American crocodiles are interbreeding and creating hybrid offspring that threaten the survival of the Cuban species, which is down to only 4,000 individuals and listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN. Animals were captive.