Cuban crocodile
Scientific name: Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier, 1807
Overview
The Cuban crocodile is a small-medium species of crocodile endemic to Cuba. Typical length is 2.1–2.3 m and typical weight 70–80 kg (150–180 lb). Large males can reach as much as 3.5 m (11 ft) in length and weigh more than 215 kg (474 lb).
From the Wikipedia article “Cuban crocodile”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Critically endangered on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: Cuba (Zapata Swamp in the northwest, and possibly Lanier Swamp on Isla de Juventud).
Common names
Names in other languages (10)
- Arabic
- تمساح كوبي
- Chinese
- 古巴鱷
- French
- Crocodile de Cuba
- German
- Kubakrokodil, Rautenkrokodil
- Indonesian
- Buaya kuba
- Japanese
- キューバワニ
- Persian
- تمساح کوبایی
- Portuguese
- Crocodilo-cubano
- Russian
- Кубинский крокодил
- Spanish
- Cocodrilo de Cuba
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Reptile Database.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q242102, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Cuban crocodile”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Eric Mas Casas, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026