Cambodia has world’s largest population of Siamese crocodiles, says its environment ministry

A Siamese crocodile is being released into the Areng natural habitat by government researchers recently. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH, Ddec 11 (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Cambodia has the world’s largest population of Siamese crocodiles, accounting for about 400 out of a total estimated 1,000 in the world, said a senior official at the Ministry of Environment.

Environment ministry spokesman Neth Pheaktra said that the species used to be present in many places in Southeast Asia, but from the beginning of the 1990s their numbers have dramatically declined in their habitats.