Nile crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Crocodylus niloticus
- Class
- Reptile
- Order
- Crocodylia
- Family
- Crocodile
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Size
- Large (2–4 m)
- Active
- Day and night
- Continent
- Africa
- Habitat
- Rivers and lakes, Wetlands
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- A mother carries her newly hatched young to the water gently in her mouth.
- The temperature of the nest decides whether the eggs become males or females.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q168745 · All animals · All entries