For the third time in a week, wildlife officers are investigating whether an American crocodile might be lurking among the dunes along Brevard County’s shoreline.

The latest call to the Florida Wildlife Commission came early Wednesday after 35-year-old Mark Wolfgang was told about track marks left in the beach sand just south of the beach Pineda Causeway, Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported.

“They’re definitely tracks. They lead from the ocean and to the sand dunes,” Wolfgang said. “They’re pretty big claw prints.”

The track marks were found about two miles north of an actual sighting in Satellite Beach of an alligator or crocodile on Tuesday. Alligators and crocodiles have been known to venture into saltwater or brackish areas.

The Florida Wildlife Commission sent a trapper out to search the area following reports of what appeared to be an alligator or crocodile walking near the surf about 11 a.m.

The creature was not found.

An American crocodile — a species typically found south of Brevard County — was removed from the ocean near the Cocoa Beach Pier over the weekend, FWC officials said today.

American crocodiles are grayish-green in color with narrow snouts, are described by experts as reclusive, living in brackish or saltwater areas.

Alligators, which have a more-rounded snout, can be found mostly in freshwater lakes, ponds and in marshes.

Anyone sighting either a nuisance alligator or crocodile can call 1-888-404-3922.