Crocodile leather products​
Photostory By: CHHUT CHHEANA
Publication Year: 2018
Authorized By: Wonders of the Mekong Project
Photostory Workshop By: Suthep Kritsanavarin / USAID Wonders of the Mekong Project
The Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) is a small to medium-sized freshwater crocodile native to Indonesia (Borneo and possibly Java), Brunei, East Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The species is critically endangered and already extirpated from many regions. There are Community Crocodiles Farms that raise crocodiles for sale in local markets or abroad. In local markets, there are crocodile leather shops that produce a lot of products as well as dried or fresh crocodile meat for sale to the tourists in Siem Reap. There are also middle men from Vietnam and Thailand that buy crocodiles for export to China.
1. Crocodile carving in the wall of Bayon temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia
2. The baby Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) 30 days old are feed with small fishes or a chopped chicken meats before move to a big cement cage
3. The cememt cage for Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) juveniles it was coved by the iron net
4. The tourist seeing the Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) that showing in the Community Green Crocodiles Farm in Chong Kneas floating villge, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
5. The Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) is showing in the Community Green Crocodiles Farm for attracking tourist in Chong Kneas floating villge, Siem Reap, Cambodia
6. The Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) is laying under the mango tree in the VL Crocodile Farm in Siem Reap, Cambodia
7. The Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) is trying to escape from other cage through the iron net at the VL Crocodile Farm in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
8. Crocodile specimen shows infront of the crocodile leather shop in Siem Reap, Cambodia
9. The Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) leather is showing in a shop in the Community Green Crocodiles in Chong Kneas floating villge, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
10. Crocodile leather produces shows in the shop in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
11. The Crocodile leather products shop in Siem Reap, Cambodia.