Nile Crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 6,961
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is a large crocodilian native to freshwater habitats in Africa, where it is present in 26 countries. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, occurring mostly in the eastern, southern, and central regions of the continent, and lives in different types of aquatic environments such as lakes, rivers, swamps and marshlands. It occasionally inhabits deltas, brackish lakes and rarely also saltwater.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Nile crocodile”.