Protected Areas of Tamil Nadu - Crocodile Farms

Crocodile Farms

There are five Crocodile farms in Tamil Nadu, four under the control of Forest Department.

  1. Amaravati Sagar Crocodile Farm in Pollachi Division, Coimbatore district
  2. Hogenakkal Crocodile Bank, Dharmapuri district.
  3. Kurumbapatti Crocodile farm in Salem Division.
  4. Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, a private Herpetology research station, was established in 1976 for the conservation and study of India's three endangered Crocodilians: the Mugger Crocodile, the Gharial, and the Saltwater Crocodile. Thousands of these reptiles have been reintroduced into the wild.
  5. Sathanur Dam Crocodile Bank, Tirupattur Division, Tiruvannamalai district

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