Record (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Record details

Estuarine Crocodile (species: Crocodylus porosus)
Observed by Rob and Anita Benn
Sat, 28 Nov 2020 12:00:00

Location details

  • Lizard Island, Queensland

  • Watson's Bay

Details about the specimen

  • 1 specimen. (exact)
  • specimen alive when found.
  • specimen alive at end of the observation process.
  • Reproduction was not occurring.

Rob and Anita own charter vessel "Wild Blue". Saw croc est at 4-5 feet in Watsons on surface and then on bottom in several metres of water. They approached it in dinghy and took video (from surface) and it swam away. It was during the day but exact time not known.

This sighting reported to QPWS Wildlife by Anne Hoggett on 30 Nov 2020.