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object_id int64 1 5.63k	date_captured date32	scientific_name stringclasses 2 values	common_name stringclasses 2 values	capture_method stringclasses 7 values	total_length_cm float64 0 501	head_length_cm float64 0 615 ⌀	sex stringclasses 3 values	snout_vent_length_cm float64 0 970 ⌀	tail_complete stringclasses 3 values	region stringclasses 5 values	zone_name stringclasses 9 values	zone_code int64 1 9 ⌀	group_name stringclasses 45 values	location stringclasses 964 values
1	2002-04-06	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	203	30	F	105	U	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Elizabeth River	bees creek
2	2005-09-23	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	312	43	M	152	U	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Adelaide River	Adelaide R
3	2005-11-26	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	210	30	F	101	U	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Elizabeth River	Doxus Road
4	2005-12-15	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	192	29	M	92	U	Darwin	Lower Harbour	3	Middle Arm	Jones Creek
5	2005-12-29	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	148	22	F	73	U	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Elizabeth River	Bees cr escape
6	2006-02-02	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	319	45	M	157	U	Darwin	Litchfield	5	Wangi Creek	Wangi Falls
7	2006-04-28	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	415	59	M	193	U	Darwin	Litchfield	5	Wangi Creek	Litchfield Wangi downstream
8	2006-05-10	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	245	38	M	122	U	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Fogg Dam	Fogg Dam
9	2005-01-30	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	135	19	F	65	U	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Palmerston	Palmerston Swimming Pool
10	2005-06-16	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	265	35	F	127	U	Katherine	Borroloola	8	Borroloola	McArthur River
11	2005-06-16	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	412	50	M	202	U	Katherine	Borroloola	8	Borroloola	McArthur River
12	2005-08-17	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	361	48	M	174	U	Katherine	Borroloola	8	Bing Bong	King Ash Bay
13	2005-10-27	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	334	0	M	0	U	Katherine	Borroloola	8	Borroloola	McArthur River
14	2001-06-03	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Harpoon	122	18	M	73	U	Nhulunbuy	Nhulunbuy	9	Nhulunbuy	crocodile creek
15	1999-11-19	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	226	34	F	108	U	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Adelaide River	Adelaide River
16	2004-09-01	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	470	63	M	0	U	Darwin	Outside Management Zone	7	Daly River	Daly River
17	2004-09-29	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	187	28	M	93	U	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Manton Dam	Manton Dam (near boat ramp)
18	2001-08-18	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	305	43	M	148	U	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Adelaide River	Adelaider River
19	2007-10-07	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	220	30	F	102	U	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Adelaide River	Harrison Dam
20	2008-01-29	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	262	35	F	122	U	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Northern Suburb	Leanyer Sewage ponds
21	2003-06-02	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	356	47	M	170	U	Katherine	Outside Management Zone	7	Katherine River 2	Katherine River Z2
22	2008-05-20	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	143	22	M	64	U	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Elizabeth River	mcmins lagoon
23	2006-12-05	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	426	61	M	215	U	Katherine	Katherine Zone	2	Katherine River 4	Donkey Camp 1 (Katherine)
24	2007-06-06	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	152	21	M	73	U	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Darwin	Gardens Park Golf Club
25	2007-06-07	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	196	29	M	92	U	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Adelaide River	Middle Point barra farm
26	2008-08-29	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	300	44	M	146	Y	Darwin	Upper Harbour	4	West Arm	West Arm
27	2008-08-26	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	196	30	F	95	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Leeders Creek	Leeders Creek Boat ramp
28	2008-08-15	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	237	33	F	109	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Leeders Creek	Leeders Creek boat ramp
29	2008-09-26	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Harpoon	437	58	M	210	Y	Darwin	Outside Management Zone	7	Mary River	null
30	2008-09-25	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	168	24	F	76	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Northern Suburb	null
31	2008-09-13	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	200	28	M	95	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Hope Inlet	Near Tree Point
32	2008-09-10	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	183	27	M	88	Y	Darwin	Lower Harbour	3	Blackmore River	Middle Arm
33	2008-09-10	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	202	31	M	97	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Leeders Creek	null
34	2008-10-02	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	181	26	M	86	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Berry Creek	Berry Springs2
35	2008-11-03	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	223	33	F	140	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Adelaide River	Barra Farm
36	2008-11-24	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Hand	103	15	U	49	U	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Elizabeth River upstream	Gulnare Rd
37	2008-11-26	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	170	24	M	81	Y	Darwin	Lower Harbour	3	Southport	Darwin River
38	2009-01-21	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	284	41	M	137	Y	Darwin	Upper Harbour	4	West Arm	West Arm
39	2009-01-10	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	330	46	M	157	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Northern Suburb	Buffalo Creek
40	2009-01-02	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	177	24	M	85	Y	Darwin	Upper Harbour	4	Woods Inlet	Woods Inlet
41	2009-02-27	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	181	26	M	85	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Hope Inlet	Near Tree Point
42	2009-02-26	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	275	40	M	130	Y	Darwin	Upper Harbour	4	West Arm	West Arm
43	2009-02-20	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	209	31	F	97	Y	Darwin	Upper Harbour	4	Elizabeth River downstream	Mitchell Creek
44	2009-02-19	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	313	46	M	155	Y	Darwin	Lower Harbour	3	Middle Arm	Jones creek
45	2009-02-18	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	169	25	F	79	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Northern Suburb	Micket Creek
46	2009-02-18	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	336	46	M	157	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Hope Inlet	Kings Creek
47	2009-02-17	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	209	31	M	98	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Northern Suburb	Leanyer Drain
48	2009-02-17	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	278	38	M	131	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Northern Suburb	Buffalo Creek
49	2009-02-11	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	180	27	F	84	Y	Darwin	Lower Harbour	3	Berry Creek	Berry Creek
50	2009-02-10	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	223	31	M	105	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Hope Inlet	Kings Creek
51	2009-02-05	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Harpoon	123	19	M	59	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Northern Suburb	rapid creek
52	2009-03-27	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	212	32	M	92	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Hope Inlet	Howard River
53	2009-03-02	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	195	28	M	92	Y	Darwin	Upper Harbour	4	Darwin	Sadgroves Creek
54	2009-03-03	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	357	50	M	163	Y	Katherine	Katherine Zone	2	Katherine River 4	katherine gorge 2
55	2009-03-05	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	181	25	M	85	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Hope Inlet	Howard River
56	2009-03-10	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Harpoon	214	32	F	105	Y	Darwin	Outside Management Zone	7	Bynoe Harbour	crab claw island boat ramp
57	2009-03-12	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	159	23	F	74	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Berry Creek	Berry Springs2
58	2009-03-12	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	231	34	M	111	Y	Darwin	Lower Harbour	3	Southport	Darwin River
59	2009-03-12	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	330	46	M	153	Y	Darwin	Lower Harbour	3	Southport	SouthPort
60	2009-03-13	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	172	27	M	84	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Northern Suburb	Micket Creek
61	2009-03-13	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	289	41	M	136	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Hope Inlet	Howard River
62	2009-03-17	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	102	15	U	47	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Elizabeth River	Belgrave Rd
63	2009-03-17	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	391	52	M	183	Y	Darwin	Outside Management Zone	7	Bynoe Harbour	crab claw island boat ramp
64	2009-03-18	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	203	28	F	95	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Northern Suburb	Buffalo Creek
65	2009-03-20	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	230	32	M	107	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Howard River upstream	Jefferis Rd Humpty Doo
66	2009-03-25	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	292	41	F	139	Y	Darwin	Outside Management Zone	7	Mary River	Goanna Park
67	2009-03-26	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	223	32	M	104	Y	Darwin	Upper Harbour	4	West Arm	West Arm
68	2009-03-26	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	207	31	F	93	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Northern Suburb	Rapid Crk
69	2008-08-13	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Harpoon	270	40	F	130	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Darwin	Trailer boat club ramp, Fannie bay
70	2008-08-27	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	249	36	F	117	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Leeders Creek	Leeders creek boat ramp
71	2008-08-12	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Harpoon	242	34	F	116	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Hope Inlet	Kings Creek
72	2008-08-12	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Harpoon	167	24	F	77	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Hope Inlet	Little Howard Mouth
73	2008-09-27	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	206	30	M	99	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Hope Inlet	Near Tree Point
74	2008-09-15	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	293	43	F	143	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Darwin River Dam	Darwin River Dam ramp
75	2008-10-08	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	251	38	M	115	Y	Darwin	Lower Harbour	3	Pioneer Creek	Pioneer creek
76	2008-10-06	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	331	49	M	161	Y	Darwin	Outside Management Zone	7	Adelaide River Township	Adelaide River Township
77	2008-11-06	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	216	34	M	100	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Northern Suburb	Micket Creek
78	2008-11-06	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	227	32	F	112	U	Darwin	Upper Harbour	4	Elizabeth River downstream	Mitchell Creek
79	2008-11-10	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	230	35	F	103	Y	Darwin	Upper Harbour	4	Darwin	Sadgroves Creek
80	2008-11-17	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	206	31	F	92	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Adelaide River	Barra Farm
81	2008-11-26	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Hand	100	14	U	47	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Elizabeth River upstream	Elizabeth Valley Road
82	2008-11-26	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	200	30	M	98	N	Darwin	Lower Harbour	3	Southport	SouthPort
83	2008-12-05	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	145	23	M	66	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Hope Inlet	Near Tree Point
84	2009-01-27	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	171	26	F	76	Y	Darwin	Outside Management Zone	7	Adelaide River	Barra farm
85	2009-01-24	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	380	52	M	172	Y	Katherine	Katherine Zone	2	Katherine River 4	Nitmulik boat ramp
86	2009-01-19	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	220	34	F	100	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Northern Suburb	Leanyer Drain
87	2009-01-16	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	320	44	M	156	Y	Darwin	Lower Harbour	3	Southport	SouthPort
88	2009-01-07	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	172	24	M	81	Y	Darwin	Lower Harbour	3	Southport	Darwin River
89	2009-01-05	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	170	27	F	82	Y	Darwin	Upper Harbour	4	East Arm	Bleesers Creek
90	2009-02-03	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	190	27	F	90	Y	Darwin	Outside Management Zone	7	Adelaide River	barra farm Adelaide River
91	2009-03-27	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	173	27	M	78	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Northern Suburb	Micket Creek
92	2009-03-05	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	327	47	M	159	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Northern Suburb	Micket Creek
93	2009-03-26	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	255	37	M	122	Y	Darwin	Lower Harbour	3	Blackmore River	Middle Arm
94	2009-03-27	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	173	27	M	78	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Northern Suburb	Micket Creek
95	2009-04-30	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	286	42	M	137	Y	Darwin	Upper Harbour	4	Woods Inlet	Woods Inlet
96	2009-04-29	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	297	42	M	137	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Darwin River Dam	Darwin River dam
97	2009-04-28	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Harpoon	195	28	M	95	Y	Darwin	Management Zone	1	Manton Dam	Manton Dam
98	2009-04-25	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	180	27	F	84	Y	Darwin	Lower Harbour	3	Pioneer Creek	Pioneer creek
99	2009-04-25	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	207	30	M	96	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Hope Inlet	Near Tree Point
100	2009-04-17	C. porosus	Saltwater Crocodile	Trap	168	26	M	760	Y	Darwin	Shoal Bay	6	Hope Inlet	Near Tree Point

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Crocodile captures, Northern Territory

Every crocodile captured in the Northern Territory's crocodile capture zones since 2002, one row per animal, with date, species, size, sex, capture method and zone.

This is a copy of the 2026-10-04 version of this dataset on publicdata.au, where it has 5,632 rows and 15 fields. The same version is kept at https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-captures/v/2026-10-04/ in 9 formats, with every earlier version and a query API.

Attribution

The data is published by Department of Lands, Planning and Environment under CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The licence requires this attribution:

Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, Northern Territory Government, NT Crocodile Capture Zones and Daily Count, https://data.nt.gov.au/dataset/nt-crocodile-capture-zones-and-daily-count, accessed 4 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

To cite this version, including where it was serialised:

Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, Northern Territory Government, NT Crocodile Capture Zones and Daily Count, https://data.nt.gov.au/dataset/nt-crocodile-capture-zones-and-daily-count, accessed 4 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-captures/v/2026-10-04/

This is an independent republication. The publisher has not endorsed this site.

Versions

publicdata.au keeps a new version each time the publisher changes the source file, and lists them all at https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-captures/versions.json. This repository tags each version it holds as v<date>, so load_dataset("National-Digital/nt-crocodile-captures", revision="v2026-10-04") always returns these rows.

Query it without downloading

The publicdata.au query API filters and totals the newest version of this dataset and needs no key:

https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nt-crocodile-captures/rows?limit=10

Fields

Field	Type	Description
`object_id`	integer	The publisher's identifier for the capture.
`date_captured`	date	DATE_CAPTURED
`scientific_name`	string	SCIENTIFIC_NAME
`common_name`	string	Saltwater Crocodile or Freshwater Crocodile.
`capture_method`	string	CAPTURE_METHOD
`total_length_cm`	number	From the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail.
`head_length_cm`	number	From the tip of the snout to the end of the dorsal cranial platform.
`sex`	string	F, M, or U where unknown.
`snout_vent_length_cm`	number	SNOUT_VENT_LENGTH
`tail_complete`	string	Y, N, or U where unknown.
`region`	string	REGION
`zone_name`	string	ZONE_NAME
`zone_code`	integer	ZONE_CODE
`group_name`	string	GROUP_NAME
`location`	string	LOCATION

publicdata.json beside the data names the version, licence, attribution and the SHA-256 of the publisher's file it was built from.

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