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We're in Australia's Northern Territory (NT), home to an estimated 100,000 wild saltwater crocodiles, more than anywhere in the world. The capital, Darwin, is a small coastal city surrounded by ...
The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) 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.
Habitat: Inland wetlands [16] Diet: [16] LC 100,000 [16] Mugger crocodile. C. palustris Lesson, 1831: Southern Asia: Size: up to 400 kg (880 lb) Habitat: Inland wetlands and neritic marine [17] Diet: [17] VU 5,700–8,700 [17] Saltwater crocodile. C. porosus Schneider, 1801: South and Southeast Asia, northern Australia and Oceania
Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large, semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.The term “crocodile” is sometimes used more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia, which includes the alligators and caimans (both members of the family Alligatoridae), the gharial and false gharial (both ...
Active year-round, saltwater crocodiles are found across Australia, from northern coastal areas and drainages to islands about 60 miles from the mainland (via the Australian Museum).
The world's largest crocodile in captivity, Cassius, died at a wildlife sanctuary in Australia. The Marineland Melanesia Crocodile Habitat & Gift Shop posted on Facebook about the loss of Cassius ...
Spinifex grass is a major habitat which allows them to remain in a relatively cool, moist area. Australia has a large array of reptiles which can be dangerous to humans. The world's largest reptile, the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), is native to the continent's north coastal area.
Saltwater and American crocodiles: none of the extant species of crocodiles are truly marine; however, the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) does display adaptations to saltwater inhabitation and dwells in the brackish waters of Southeast Asia and Australia. Saltwater crocodiles dispose of excess salt in their bodies through specialized ...