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6 Mugger Crocs and 6 Gharials Coming to Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary

6 Mugger Crocs and 6 Gharials Coming to Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary

by Joeby Ragpa - Jan. 09, 2024
The Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary houses six Gharials

The Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary (PHS) announced that will house six Gharials (Gavialis gangeticus) and six mugger crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris) as part of a Species Survival Plan that is set up to enhance an existing breeding population of these two critically endangered and vulnerable crocodilians. The PHS will now be home to six of the 33 Gharials in the United States that are SSP participants in the country. There were previously just two mugger crocodiles in the United States before the arrival of the six to the PHS.

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