American Crocodile

I've seen a number of crocodile species now: (a) Morelet's crocodile in Villahermosa, Mexico (post on March 25, 2018); (b) the Nile crocodile in Masai Mara NR and Buffalo Springs NR in Kenya (post on July 11, 2014) and in the Okavanga Delta of Botswana (post on August 29, 2018); (c) West African crocodile in Kidepo Vallley NP in Uganda (post on December 5, 2025); and (d) the mugger crocodile in Udawalawe NP, Yala NP and Bundala NP in Sri Lanka (post on April 16, 2019). I did a post on the saltwater crocodile I thought I'd seen in Bundala NP in Sri Lanka (post on April 25, 2019), but my iNaturalist posts all eventually got to the point where they indicated they were mugger crocodile. This post on iNaturalist started out with 3 identifications as saltwater crocodile, followed by 8 identifications saying it was a mugger. 

I saw an American crocodile in the Panama Canal in Panama on March 17, 2022. It was at some distance and my photos only really show the head. 

American crocodile range from Wikipedia. Note that Florida is the only place in the U.S. that has them. 

I've seen signs for crocodiles in Florida, but not the crocodile. 

Surprisingly, it is one of the largest species of crocodile, reaching a length of 23 feet (averaging 9 feet, 6 inches to 13 feet, 5 inches) and a weight of 2,200 pounds (averaging about 880 pounds). However, it tends not to be as aggressive as some other species.