The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust is a reptile zoo and herpetology research station, located just south of Chennai, state of Tamil Nadu, India. It was begun in 1976 with the aim of saving the three Indian species of crocodile - the mugger or marsh crocodile, the saltwater crocodile, and the gharial, which at the time were all nearing extinction. The captive breeding program at the Crocodile Bank has been highly successful, with thousands of crocodiles reintroduced to the wild and more still sent to zoos and wildlife parks around the world.
The Crocodile Bank also houses many species of turtles, snakes, and lizards. They publish a biannual Herpetology journal called Hamadryad.
External links
[1] (http://www.madrascrocodilebank.org) - Official MCBT site
Went to pieces after running on to a bank in the west channel of Lakes Entrance, 27 March 1874.
Built for the Melbourne Harbour Trust in 1878, she was sold by auction to Sydney interests and was being towed to the new owners by the collier Alabama when gale force winds and high seas led to her loss off Point Hicks, eastern Victoria, December 1914.
Unloaded cargo from the stricken Laurence Frost, Eden, 1856.
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