Sideleau, B. and A.R.C. Britton, A.R.C. 2014. An analysis of recent crocodile attacks in the Republic of Indonesia - a case study on the utility of the CrocBITE database. Crocodiles. Proceedings of the 23rd Working Meeting of the IUCN-SSC Crocodile Specialist Group. IUCN: Gland, Switzerland (in p... (original) (raw)

Abstract

As the country with the highest number of recent attack reports and very little crocodile population data, Indonesia is a perfect example of how CrocBITE can be used as a tool to help inform crocodilian conservation and management. Indonesia is a large, heavily populated nation composed of 34 provinces over an archipelago of 17,508 islands. There are currently four recognized crocodilian species present within Indonesia- the saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus porosus, the Siamese crocodile, C. siamensis, the New Guinea freshwater crocodile, C. novaeguineae, and the Malayan/false gharial, Tomistoma schlegelii. During the January 1st, 2007 through June 6th, 2014 period we recorded 279 crocodilian attacks resulting in 139 deaths in 27 of the 34 provinces. Attack reports were acquired almost entirely from online news reports, the vast majority of which were reported solely in the Indonesian language. The majority of attacks and deaths were attributed to C. porosus (268 attacks resulting in...

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