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Camera captures rare Siamese crocodile

Camera captures rare Siamese crocodile

Sighting of ‘critically endangered’ reptile in Kaeng Krachan park only the second in a decade

A camera trap photo released by Kaeng Krachan National Park shows a freshwater Siamese crocodile, a critically endangered species, at Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi. (Kaeng Krachan National Park via AFP)

PHETCHABURI: A critically endangered Siamese crocodile has been spotted for only the second time in a decade in the country’s largest national park, according to photos released on Saturday.

The freshwater reptile — snapped by camera traps sunning itself at Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi near the border with Myanmar — was once ubiquitous across Southeast Asia, but its numbers have plummeted in…

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