Table 1 Conservation threats identified in this study for crocodiles in Guinea-Bissau. The table includes threat code, definition, species affected, number and percentage of sites where the threat has been observed (total number of sites = 19). Letters in the species column stand for: “n” C. niloticus, “s” C. suchus, “t” Osteolaemus cf. tetraspis. Coding and description are based on the IUCN red list classification scheme.
Code | Threats | Species | N of sites (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1 | Housing & urban areas | n, s, t | 3 (15.7) |
1.2 | Commercial & industrial areas | n, s, t | 3 (15.7) |
2.1.1 | Shifting agriculture | n, s, t | 4 (21) |
2.3.1 | Nomadic grazing | s, t | 1 (5) |
2.3.2 | Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming | s, t | 3 (15.7) |
3.2 | Mining & quarrying | s | 1 (5) |
5.4.3 | Incidental or accidental mortality (bycatch - subsistence/small scale) | s, t | 3 (15.7) |
5.4.5 | Persecution/control | n, s | 6 (31.5) |
6.2 | War, civil unrest & military exercises | s, t | 4 (21) |
9.1.1 | Sewage | s | 2 (10.5) |
9.1.3 | Type Unknown/Unrecorded (Detergents) | s | 5 (26.3) |
9.4 | Garbage & solid waste | s, t | 6 (31.5) |
11.2 | Droughts | t | 7 (36.8) |
