MOA on Philippine Crocodile National Recovery Plan: Australasian Program

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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species (world’s most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species) lists the Crocodylus Mindorensis (Mindoro Crocodile) as critically endangered. The loss of this reptile’s habitat due to human migration drives the Crocodylus Mindorensis to near extinction.

Also known as the Philippine freshwater crocodile, it thrives in small lakes, river tributaries and marshes, particularly in the islands of Mindoro, Northern Palawan, Masbate, Negros, Samar, Mindanao and in the Sulu archipelago. Crocodylus Mindorensis is a relatively small crocodile. It grows no more than three meters.