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    (c) David Roche, all rights reserved

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    (c) Stephen Temple, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    (c) miwi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) 116916927065934112165, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) rwcannon57, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) David Robichaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Nile Crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus

Worldwide
11,172 observations
Group
Reptiles

About

The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is an African crocodile, the largest freshwater predator in Africa, and may be considered the second largest extant reptile in the world, after the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus). The Nile crocodile is quite widespread throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, occurring mostly in the central, eastern, and southern regions of the continent and lives in different types of aquatic environments such as lakes, rivers and marshlands. Although capable of living in saline environments, this...

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