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      CITES is an international agreement between governments, aimed to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.

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    • Current activities on selected species and other key topics

      Flora

      • Trees
      • Medicinal plants
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      • Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC)

      Fauna (terrestrial)

      • Great apes
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      •   CITES National Ivory Action Plans

      Fauna (marine species)

      • Sharks and manta rays
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      Cross-cutting issues

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      • Supporting sustainable management of endangered tree species and conservation of the African Elephant
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  • News

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      CITES in the news

      • Bent Hanoi customs officer caught stealing...
      • Leading elephant conservationist shot dead...
      • 20 Rotting Snake Heads Confiscated By German...
      • Sale of ivory products in China decline...
      • Online retailers in Japan not doing enough...
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Snakes

  • Amazon tree boa
  • Emerald tree boa
  • Madagascar tree boa
  • Boa constrictor
  • Peruvian rainbow boa
  • Black python
  • Carpet python
  • Green tree python
  • Madagascar boa
  • Reticulated python

Saurians

  • Antsingy leaf chameleon
  • Brown leaf chameleon
  • Mossy leaf chameleon
  • Canopy chameleon
  • Larbord's chameleon
  • Parson's giant chameleon
  • Short horned chameleon
  • White lined chameleon
  • Carpet chameleon
  • Flap necked chameleon
  • Panther chameleon
  • Calumma guillaumeti
  • Calumma vatosoa
  • Cape crag lizard
  • Cape girdled lizard
  • Chinese crocodile lizard
  • Peer's girdled lizard
  • Karoo girdled lizard
  • Barbour's day gecko
  • Madagascar day gecko
  • Seychelles day gecko
  • Southern flat tailed gecko
  • Nile monitor
  • Rock monitor

Crocodylians

  • American alligator
  • Chinese alligator
  • Cuban crocodile
  • Marsh crocodile
  • Nile crocodile
  • Fish eating crocodile

Turtles & Tortoises

  • African spurred tortoise
  • African tent tortoise
  • Aldabra giant tortoise
  • Angulated tortoise
  • Geometric tortoise
  • Karoo cape tortoise
  • Leopard tortoise
  • Parrot beaked tortoise
  • Radiated tortoise
  • Serrated star tortoise
  • Asiatic softshell turtle
  • Green turtle
  • Hawksbill turtle
  • Annam leaf turtle
  • Giant Asian pond turtle
  • Roti snake necked turtle

Cuban Crocodile


Common name: Cuban crocodile
Scientific name: Crocodylus rhombifer
Distribution: Cuba
CITES listing: Appendix I (01/07/1975)
Photo: © Peter Dollinger (taken at Everglades alligator Farm, Florida, USA)

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