Energy & environment · 19/04/1994

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Reclassification of Saltwater Crocodile Population in Australia From Endangered to Threatened and Listing of Saltwater Crocodile Population in Papua New Guinea as Threatened by Reason of Similarity of Appearance; Special Rule for the Saltwater and Nile Crocodiles

The US Fish and Wildlife Service proposes reclassifying the saltwater crocodile in Australia from endangered to threatened and listing the Papua New Guinea population as threatened due to similarity of appearance. A special rule is also proposed to allow importation of certain saltwater crocodile specimens into the US.