The spokesperson said an analysis had been carried out and the remains were “determined to be those of a saltwater crocodile”.<\/p>\n
“It is not known how the remains came to be at the Waterloo Corner site,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
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A crocodile was found dismembered on an Adelaide roadside. (Facebook: Jess Adam)<\/p>\n
The department has urged anyone with information about the unexpected discovery to contact CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000 or by visiting the Call it Out wildlife crime portal<\/a> on the CrimeStoppers website.<\/p>\n “There are no further updates at this stage,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n Both SA Police and the RSPCA said the matter was under investigation by the department.<\/p>\n Crocodiles are typically found in northern Australia, in the northern parts of Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia.<\/p>\n NT crocodile management stalwart Grahame Webb said the incident was a legal issue, not a conservation issue.\u00a0 (ABC News: Tristan Hooft)<\/p>\n Professor Grahame Webb, a crocodile expert and conservationist based at Crocydylus Park in Darwin, said the reptile would not have been killed in South Australia.<\/p>\n “It’s obviously come from up north somewhere and it’s just odd that it was cut up in such a strange way, straight away,” he said.<\/p>\n “It’s not someone trying to get the skin or something like that.<\/p>\n “It’s probably somebody that shot one (a crocodile) or caught one \u2014 quite a bit illegally \u2014 and put it in a chiller, or ice or something, and took it down and then decided they didn’t know what to do with it.”<\/p>\n Professor Webb said the NT’s saltwater crocodile population was “strong and robust”, but the killing was still against the law.<\/p>\n “They’ve probably taken it in the territory, illegally, and they’ve brought it into South Australia, illegally, and there’s a penalty for that and there should be,” he said.<\/p>\n According to the SA Department for Environment and Water’s website, crocodiles are considered “unsuitable” as pets, with the saltwater variety not allowed to be kept under a private permit in the state.<\/p>\n Penalties for killing or the incorrect keeping or releasing of crocodiles attract differing penalties around the country.<\/p>\n In other states, people have been prosecuted over the deaths of crocodiles, including a Queensland man who was fined in 2022 for beaching environmental laws after a 40-year-old saltwater crocodile was shot and buried on a cattle property<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Grahame](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/de34cb10383936c5fbeba0e49c66a85c.jpeg\")
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