In captivity West African crocodile

specimen in copenhagen zoo, thought nile crocodile until 2013–2014 dna study confirmed true identity

the west african crocodile received wider recognition valid species in 2011. consequently, captives have typically been confused other species, nile crocodile. in europe, breeding pairs of west african crocodiles live in copenhagen zoo, lyon zoo , vivarium de lausanne, , offspring of first pair in dublin zoo , kristiansand zoo. study in 2015 included sixteen captive nile crocodiles in 6 zoos (almost 25% of nile crocodiles in aza zoos) found 1 west african crocodiles.