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📷 Fabian Roudra Baroi
📷 Felix Frost-Savage
IUCN: Least Concern
Saltwater Crocodile
Crocodylus porosus
KingdomAnimalia›PhylumChordata›ClassReptilia›OrderCrocodilia›FamilyCrocodylidae›GenusCrocodylus
About
The saltwater crocodile is a crocodilian native to saltwater habitats, brackish wetlands and freshwater rivers from India's east coast across Southeast Asia and the Sundaland to northern Australia and Micronesia. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 1996.
It was hunted for its skin throughout its range up to the 1970s, and is threatened by illegal killing and habitat loss. It is regarded as dangerous to humans.
Key Facts
⛰Habitat Coastal areas, estuaries, rivers, wetlands
🍃Diet Carnivore — fish, crustaceans, mammals, birds
📏Size & Weight Males up to 6 m; weight up to 1,000 kg; largest living reptile
⏳Lifespan 70+ years
🗺Range Northern Australia, Southeast Asia, eastern India
ReptileCrocodilian
Key Facts
⛰Habitat Coastal areas, estuaries, rivers, wetlands
🍃Diet Carnivore — fish, crustaceans, mammals, birds
📏Size & Weight Males up to 6 m; weight up to 1,000 kg; largest living reptile
⏳Lifespan 70+ years
🗺Range Northern Australia, Southeast Asia, eastern India
Photo Credits
#1Wikimedia Commons · Free License
#2Fabian Roudra Baroi · CC BY-SA 4.0
#3Felix Frost-Savage · CC BY-SA 4.0
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