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<\/p>\nReptile remains \u2014 which are believed to be from a crocodile \u2014 have been collected by authorities after they were found dumped on the side of an Adelaide road.<\/p>\n
In a statement, a spokesperson for South Australia’s Department for Environment and Water said department staff had “collected the remains of a reptile at Waterloo Corner”.<\/p>\n
“The remains, which were dumped on the side of the road at Coleman Road, will be analysed in an effort to confirm the species and any other information,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
“It is not currently known how the remains came to be located at the site.<\/p>\n
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The reptile remains were found among rubbish. (Facebook: Jess Adam)<\/p>\n
Professor Grahame Webb, a crocodile expert and conservationist based at Crocydylus Park in Darwin, told 891 ABC Adelaide the images depicted a saltwater crocodile that appeared to be more than 2 metres long.<\/p>\n
He said he had no explanation for the way it had been dismembered.<\/p>\n
“The head’s been chopped off, and the tail has been chopped off,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It’s a really strange sort of thing \u2026 it’s just chopped up in pieces.”<\/p>\n
He pondered whether the reptile, which was not native to SA, had potentially been taken from the top end of Australia and brought south.<\/p>\n
“I’ve never seen one sort of chopped up like that \u2026 it’s a bit bizarre,” Professor Webb said.<\/p>\n
“It’s illegal, obviously,” he said.<\/p>\n
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Crocodile expert Grahame Webb says the discovery is bizarre. (ABC News: Tristan Hooft)<\/p>\n
The department has asked anyone with information about the unusual find to contact CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000, or by visiting the Call it Out wildlife crime portal<\/a> on the CrimeStoppers website.<\/p>\n According to the department’s website, crocodiles are generally “unsuitable” as pets, with saltwater crocodiles not allowed to be kept under a private permit in South Australia.<\/p>\n Penalties differ around the country for the incorrect keeping, releasing of unwanted crocodiles or killing the animals.<\/p>\n In 2022, a Queensland man was fined $3,000 for breaching environmental laws after a 40-year-old saltwater crocodile was found shot and buried on his family’s cattle property<\/a> in the northern part of the state.<\/p>\n The decaying reptile’s carcass was discovered by wildlife officers in a shallow grave on Lochinvar Station in the Burdekin Shire, south of Townsville, in December 2020.<\/p>\n Jamie Kelly pleaded guilty in the Townsville Magistrates Court to a charge of keeping native wildlife reasonably suspected to have been unlawfully taken. He was spared a conviction.<\/p>\n The court heard the crocodile measured 3.5 to four metres in length and had been shot.<\/p>\n