Nile crocodile
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Nile Crocodile | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservation status | |||||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | |||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||
| Binomial name | |||||||||||||||||
| Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti, 1768) |
|||||||||||||||||
The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is the largest of the four crocodile species found in Africa. They have a maximum length of 21 ft 3 in (6.2 m) from the head to the tip of the tail. They usually weigh 500 lbs (225 kg) but will reach weights of up to 2,400 pounds. The Nile crocodiles it is even found in Madagascar.
\\ The nile crocdile was founded in boner