Nile Crocodile
Nile Crocodile Classification Kindom : Animalia Phylum : Chordata Class : Reptilia Order : Crocodilia Family : Crocodylidae Genus : Crocodylus Species : Crocodylus niloticus 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-Sharan 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 species is rarely found in saltwater, but occasionally inhabits deltas and brackish lakes. The range of this species once stretched northward throughout the Nile, as far north as the Nile delta. On average, the adult male Nile crocodile is betwe...