Name: Nile Crocodile
Scientific Name: Crocodylus niloticus

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Description

A long body armoured with bony plates set in the skin of the back; long deep-sided tail, short limbs and long-snouted skull.

Habitat

Mainly large rivers, lakes, waterholes and wetlands; also estuaries and mangrove swamps.

Distribution

Madagascar, Egypt and central Africa, south to Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

Size

Males are mature at about 10 feet, approximately 10 years of age, females at about 6.5 feet, approximately 10 years of age.

Lifespan

Estimated to live 70 – 100 years.