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Ranking among the largest of the crocodile species in the world. The American crocodile can be found in southern Florida, Atlantic and Pacific coasts of southern Mexico, down to the Caribbean islands, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Cuba, Grand Cayman, Peru, and Venezuela in South America. They prefer brackish (salty) estuaries, lakes, reservoirs, […]

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