Research Article
Nesting Ecology of West African Dwarf Crocodiles in a Heavily Disturbed Landscape in Chirehin, Ghana
Table 4
Hatching success of West African dwarf crocodiles across two nesting seasons (2017 and 2018) in the Chirehin Community Land.
| 2017 nesting season | 2018 nesting season | Nest number | Clutch size | Number hatched | Hatching % | Nest number | Clutch size | Number hatched | Hatching % |
| 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 100 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 100 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 100 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 100 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 100 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 92 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 100 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 100 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 87.5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 75 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 100 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 100 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | | | | | 9 | 7 | 7 | 100 | | | | | 10 | 6 | 6 | 100 |
| Total/average | 55 eggs | 48 eggs | 72.4 ± 44.9 | | 73 | 56 | 77.5 ± 41.6 |
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