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| Hartley's Crocodile Adventures | |
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| 16°39′47″S 145°33′52″E / 16.66306°S 145.56444°E / -16.66306; 145.56444 (Hartley's Crocodile Adventures) | |
| Date opened | 2002 (Current site) |
| Location | Captain Cook Highway, Wangetti, Queensland, Australia |
| Land area | 10 ha (25 acres) |
| Website | www |
Hartley's Crocodile Adventures is a 10-hectare (25-acre) wildlife sanctuary and ecotourism park located between Cairns and Port Douglas at Wangetti in Far North Queensland, Australia. It adjoins the world heritage listed Wet Tropics of Queensland rainforest, through which visitors can take guided or self-guided walks.
Crocodile farm
The park incorporates a commercial crocodile farm that breeds and raises saltwater crocodiles for their skins and meat.
Animals
Some of the species which live at the park include:
Reptiles
- Saltwater crocodile
- Freshwater crocodile
- American alligator
- Komodo dragon
- Lace monitor
- Pilbara rock monitor
- Gila monster
- Fiji crested iguana
- Rhinoceros iguana
- Philippine sailfin lizard
- Eastern water dragon
- Central bearded dragon
- Frill-neck lizard
- Veiled chameleon
- Madagascan giant day gecko
- Eastern blue-tongued lizard
- Northern red-throated skink
- Radiated tortoise
- Indian star tortoise
- Carolina box turtle
- Chinese three-striped box turtle
- Krefft's eastern short-neck turtle
- Reticulated python
- Burmese python
- Boa constrictor
- Amethystine python
- Carpet python
- Green tree python
- Western diamondback rattlesnake
- Monocled cobra
- Corn snake
- Desert death adder
- Tiger snake
- Coastal taipan
- Fierce snake
- Red-bellied black snake
Amphibians
Mammals
- Koala
- Bare-nosed wombat
- Eastern grey kangaroo
- Antilopine wallaroo
- Swamp wallaby
- Red-legged pademelon
Birds
- Southern cassowary
- Emu
- Barn owl
- Tawny frogmouth
- Laughing kookaburra
- Jabiru
- Nankeen night heron
- Sulphur-crested cockatoo
- Eclectus parrot
See also
References
- "Wet Tropics Management Plan Review Brochure" (PDF). Wet Tropics Management Authority. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- "Crocodile Farm Tours". Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
