Nile Crocodile

 

 

Measurement Male Female
Weight
Length
Height
Other

 

Characteristics Description
Color/Body
Habitat
Food
Status

Reason for Status

Gestation

Longivity

 

 

 

Physical Description

They have a dark bronze color above, with black spots on the back and a dirty purple on the belly and side of their body is, yellowish-green in color

General Characteristics

Length :  Males 5.5 meters ( 18 ft ) /  Females : 2.4 -4.0 meters ( 7 ft 10 in – 13ft 1 in )

Weight : Nile crocodiles usually weigh  225 to 500 kg (500 to 1,100 lb), but large males can  reach up to 750 kg (1,700 lb) in

Range :Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Egypt, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbawe, Gabon, South Africa, Malawi, Sudan, South Sudan, Botswana, and Cameroon. Isolated populations also exist in Madagascar and in Senegal.

Habitat : Rivers lakes, marshes and Dams

Diet : Fish, Small Vertebrates, Mammals such as gazelles, antelope, waterbuck, sitatunga , lechwe, wildebeest, zebras, warthogs, young hippos, giraffes, Cape buffalos, and young elephants that they prey on.

Status : Threatened in some parts of its range

Reason for the status : Hunting for its skin and meat

Incubation Period – 80 days

Lifespan – 45 years in wild / 80 years in captivity

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