Registro de los movimientos de dos ejemplares de cocodrilo americano, crocodylus acutus, en Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México

• Cupul Magaña, Fabio Germán ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Guadalajara

     Universidad de Guadalajara

     México

     
• Localización: Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, ISSN-e 2590-4671, ISSN 0122-9761, Vol. 41, Nº. 2, 2012, págs. 479-483
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Monitoring of the movements of two individuals of american crocodile, crocodylus acutus, in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
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  • Animal dispersal is the movement outward from a home area. This brief communication describes the movement of an adult and a juvenile of Crocodylus acutus captured and recaptured in the locality of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, between 2001 and 2004. Between capture and recapture, the adult crocodile moved 5 km in lapse of 42 days and a juvenile crocodile moved 1.6 km in lapse of three years and fie months.