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Explore aquatic habitats used by reptiles, from rivers, floodplains and estuaries to coastal seas and the open ocean. Articles connect water movement, salinity, temperature, nesting sites and food webs with the lives of turtles, crocodilians, snakes and lizards. Species differ greatly in their dependence on water, so broad habitat summaries should be paired with regional and species-specific information.
New Guinea Crocodiles of Island Rivers
The New Guinea freshwater crocodile uses swamps, lakes, marshes and rivers in northern New Guinea. It should be distinguished from...
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False Gharials of Sumatra’s Swamps
False gharials live in peat swamps and slow blackwater rivers in Sumatra. Wetland loss and entanglement in fishing gear threaten...
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Fitzroy River Turtles of Australian Waterways
The Fitzroy River turtle is endemic to central Queensland’s Fitzroy drainage. Cloacal respiration helps it remain underwater, but clean, oxygen-rich...
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Dwarf Caimans of the Orinoco Floodplains
Cuvier’s dwarf caiman occurs across Amazon and Orinoco drainages, using forest streams, swamps, flooded forest and ponds. It is not...
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Goliath Frogs of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea
Goliath frogs live beside fast-flowing rainforest streams in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. Hunting, forest loss, sedimentation and stream disturbance threaten...
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Pig-Nosed Turtles of New Guinea’s Rivers
Pig-nosed turtles inhabit rivers and wetlands of New Guinea and northern Australia. Egg harvest, collection and habitat change threaten populations.
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Anacondas of the Amazon River Basin
Anacondas occupy rivers, wetlands and flooded forests across tropical South America. Their ecology varies by species, habitat and seasonal water...
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Nile Monitors of the Nile Basin
Nile monitors use rivers, wetlands and shorelines across much of sub-Saharan Africa. Diet, habitat use and conflict vary by location.
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