Captive Breeding and Conservation Status of Marsh Crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris) in New Jatoi Farm Naushehroferoze, Sindh, Pakistan (original) (raw)
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in New Jatoi Farm Naushehroferoze was undertaken during the years 2011-2015. To achieve this objective the study monitored the current population status, feeding, reproductive mode and measurements of hatchling, juvenile, adult and size of eggs. The observation revealed that the total numbers of Marsh Crocodiles were counted 133 in the New Jatoi Farm, among them 20 males and 25 females in Pond-1 were adults, 44 were juveniles in Pond-2, and 76 hatchlings in Pond-3 were counted. With a view to study the breeding behavior, twenty two adult females were observed to lay the eggs per female/per year. However, the breeding habitat of NJF for Crocodiles as observed in subsequent years was found productive and the number of eggs per clutch was recorded as in respectively. We selected one hundred eggs randomly and measured the length 65.7 ± 0.74 (mm), Width 41 ± 0.87 (mm) and weight 165.56 ± 4.09 (g), respectively. Further distribution of this species was made to NJF in order to find out suitable habitat for its captive breeding. Since then, the performance of breeding was closely observed and found result in the total stock 133 individuals in NJF. Hatching rate of the species has been recorded low because only less numbers of eggs were hatched due to less availability of space in the ecological condition of three ponds in NJF.
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