U.S. Regulation of Crocodilians Under CITES and the ESA Species Common Name CITES Appendix ESA Listing Import Into U.S

U.S. Regulation of Crocodilians Under CITES and the ESA Species Common Name CITES Appendix ESA Listing Import Into U.S. Reference For Commercial Purposes Allowed Alligator American II Threatened Yes 50 CFR mississippiensis Alligator (Similarity of § 17.11, Appearance) § 17.42 (a), § 23.70 Alligator Chinese I Endangered No 50 CFR sinensis Alligator § 17.11, § 17.21 Caiman Apaporis River I Endangered No 50 CFR crocodilus Caiman § 17.11, apaporiensis § 17.21 Caiman Common II Threatened Yes 50 CFR crocodilus Caiman (Similarity of § 17.11, crocodilus Appearance) § 17.42(c), § 23.70 Caiman Brown Caiman II Threatened Yes 50 CFR crocodilus (Similarity of § 17.11, fuscus Appearance) § 17.42 (c), (including § 23.70 C.c.chiapasius) Caiman Broad-snouted I, except the Endangered, No 50 CFR latirostris Caiman populations in except the § 17.11, Appendix II population of § 17.21 Argentina, which is Threatened Caiman Broad-snouted II, for the Threatened Yes 50 CFR latirostris Caiman population in (downlisted § 17.11, Argentina effective § 17.42 (c), 07/25/2013) § 23.70 Caiman yacare Yacare Caiman II Threatened Yes 50 CFR § 17.11, § 17.42(c), § 23.70 Crocodylus American I, except the Endangered, No 50 CFR acutus Crocodile population in except the § 17.11, Appendix II population in § 17.21, Florida which § 17.31 is Threatened § 17.95(c) Crocodylus American II, for the Endangered, No 50 CFR acutus Crocodile population in Cuba except the § 17.11, population in § 17.21, Florida which § 17.31 is Threatened § 17.95(c)

October, 2013 Page 1 of 5 U.S. Regulation of Crocodilians Under CITES and the ESA Species Common Name CITES Appendix ESA Listing Import Into U.S. Reference For Commercial Purposes Allowed Crocodylus African Slender- I Endangered No 50 CFR cataphractus snouted § 17.11, Crocodile § 17.21

Crocodylus Orinoco I Endangered No 50 CFR intermedius Crocodile § 17.11, § 17.21 Crocodylus Australian II N/A Yes 50 CFR johnsoni Freshwater § 23.70 Crocodile Crocodylus Morelet’s I, except the N/A No 50 CFR moreletii Crocodile populations (delisted § 17.11, Appendix II effective § 17.21 06/22/2012) Crocodylus Morelet’s II, for populations N/A Yes 50 CFR moreletii Crocodile in Belize and (delisted § 17.11, Mexico (subject to effective § 17.21 zero quota for wild 06/22/2012) specimens traded for commercial purposes) Crocodylus Nile Crocodile I , except for the Threatened No 50 CFR niloticus populations in § 17.11, Appendix II § 17.42 (c) Crocodylus Nile Crocodile II for the Threatened Yes 50 CFR niloticus populations of § 17.11, Botswana, Egypt § 17.42(c), (subject to a zero § 23.70 quota for wild specimens traded for commercial purposes), Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania (subject to an annual export quota of no more than 1,600 wild specimens October, 2013 Page 2 of 5 U.S. Regulation of Crocodilians Under CITES and the ESA Species Common Name CITES Appendix ESA Listing Import Into U.S. Reference For Commercial Purposes Allowed including hunting trophies, in addition to ranched specimens), Zambia and Zimbabwe Crocodylus Philippine I Endangered No 50 CFR novaeguineae Crocodile § 17.11, mindorensis § 17.21 (This is the ESA name. The CITES name is Crocodylus mindorensis) Crocodylus New Guinea II N/A Yes 50 CFR novaeguineae Crocodile § 23.70 Crocodylus Mugger I Endangered* No 50 CFR palustris Crocodile * The ESA § 17.11, lists two § 17.21 subspecies, the Ceylon mugger crocodile (C. p. kimbula) and the Mugger crocodile (C. p. paulstris); however, the taxonomic differentiation of Crocodylus palustris is not settled. Crocodylus Saltwater I, Except the Endangered, No 50 CFR porosus Crocodile populations of except § 17.11, Australia, Indonesia population of § 17.21, and Papua New Australia, § 17.42 (c) Guinea, which are which is included in Threatened, Appendix II and population of Papua New Guinea, which is not October, 2013 Page 3 of 5 U.S. Regulation of Crocodilians Under CITES and the ESA Species Common Name CITES Appendix ESA Listing Import Into U.S. Reference For Commercial Purposes Allowed covered under the ESA

Crocodylus Saltwater II- Australia Threatened- Yes 50 CFR porosus Crocodile population Australia § 17.11, population § 17.42(c), § 23.70 Crocodylus Saltwater II-Indonesia Endangered- No 50 CFR porosus Crocodile population Indonesia § 17.11, population § 17.21 Crocodylus Saltwater II-Papua New N/A Yes 50 CFR porosus Crocodile Guinea population § 23.70 Crocodylus Cuban I Endangered No 50 CFR rhombifer Crocodile § 17.11, § 17.21 Crocodylus Siamese I Endangered No 50 CFR siamensis Crocodile § 17.11, § 17.21 Gavialis Indian Gavial I Endangered No 50 CFR gangeticus § 17.11, § 17.21 Melanosuchus Black Caiman I, except the Endangered No 50 CFR niger populations in § 17.11, Appendix II § 17.21 Melanosuchus Black Caiman II, for the Endangered No 50 CFR niger population of § 17.11, Brazil, and the § 17.21 population of Ecuador, which is included in Appendix II and is subject to a zero annual export quota until an annual export quota has been approved by the CITES Secretariat and the IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group

October, 2013 Page 4 of 5 U.S. Regulation of Crocodilians Under CITES and the ESA Species Common Name CITES Appendix ESA Listing Import Into U.S. Reference For Commercial Purposes Allowed Osteolaemus African Dwarf I Endangered* No 50 CFR tetraspis Crocodile * The ESA § 17.11, lists two § 17.21 subspecies, the African dwarf crocodile (O. t. tetraspis) and the Congo dwarf crocodile (O. t. osborni); however, the taxonomy of Osteolaemus tetraspis is not settled. Paleosuchus Dwarf Caiman II N/A Yes 50 CFR palpebrosus § 23.70 Paleosuchus Smooth-fronted II N/A Yes 50 CFR trigonatus Caiman § 23.70 Tomistoma Tomistoma I Endangered No 50 CFR schlegelii § 17.11, § 17.21

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