Does zoo visitor presence and noise impact the behaviour and enclosure use of zoo-housed Siamese crocodiles? A case study

Authors: Kevin Gray, James Edward Brereton, Alexandros Theodorou

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: crocodilian, Electivity Index, enclosure design, post-occupancy evaluation, visitor presence

2024

Home is where the home range is: Identifying territoriality and exhibit preferences in an ex-situ group of all-male Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)

Authors: Laura Stalter, Megan Terry, Alex Riley, Austin Leeds

Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, collective animal behavior, crocodiles, geographic information systems, habitat, islands, network analysis

2024

Out of Sight, Out of Mind or Just Something in the Way? Visual Barriers Do Not Reduce Intraspecific Agonism in an All-Male Group of Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)

Authors: Austin Leeds, Alex Riley, Megan Terry, Marcus Mazorra, Lindsay Wick, Scott Krug, Kristen Wolfe, Ike Leonard, Andy Daneault, Andrew C Alba

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, evidence-based management, reptile behavior, reptile welfare, visual barriers, zoo exhibit design

2022

Evaluating the Effect of Visitor Presence on Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) Behavior

Authors: Alex Riley, Megan Terry, Hani Freeman, Andrew C Alba, Joseph Soltis, Austin Leeds

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, visitor effect, zoo

2021

Impacts of the season and reproductive status on fecal reproductive and adrenocortical steroid metabolites in zoo Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer)

Authors: Lauren Augustine, Kyle Miller, Alan Peters, Ashley D Franklin, Cathleen M Steinbeiser, Janine L Brown, Natalia A Prado

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: crocodilians, fecal hormone metabolites, zoo management

2020

EVALUATING BEHAVIOR AND ENCLOSURE USE OF ZOO-HOUSED BROAD-SNOUTED CAIMAN (CAIMAN LATIROSTRIS): A CASE STUDY IN THE ZOO OF CORDOBA (ARGENTINA)

Authors: Lilen Prystupczuk, Gerardo C. Leynaud, M. Carla Labaque

Publication/Journal: Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Keywords: captivity, crocodiles, ethogram, five freedoms, Spread of participation index

2019

Age, fertility and reproductive behavior in Cuban crocodiles, Crocodylus rhombifer, at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological park

Authors: Lauren Augustine, Barbara Watkins

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, cuban crocodile

2015

Out of sight or in too deep: Effect of visual barriers and water depth on agonistic behaviour and growth in hatchling saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus)

Authors: Matthew L. Brien, Christopher M. Gienger, Grahame J. Webb, Keith McGuinness, Keith A. Christian

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agonistic behaviour, crocodylus porosus, growth, hatchlings, visual barriers, water depth

2014

Nesting Phenology and Clutch Characteristics of Captive Siamese Crocodiles (Crocodylus siamensis) in Cambodia

Authors: Steven G. Platt, Vuthy Monyrath, Heng Sovannara, Long Kheng, Thomas R. Rainwater

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: conservation, crocodile farms, crocodylus siamensis, double-clutching, endangered species, incubation, twinning

2012