Crocodile | Habitat, Species, Diet, Facts | Britannica Crocodiles are any of about 27 species of generally large, ponderous, amphibious animals of lizard-like appearance and carnivorous habit belonging to the reptile order Crocodylia
Saltwater crocodile | Size, Diet, Population, Facts | Britannica Estuarine crocodile, (Crocodylus porosus), crocodile species inhabiting brackish waters of wetlands and marine intertidal environments from Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar east to the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu and south to Australia’s northern coast
American crocodile | Size, Habitat, Range, Facts | Britannica American crocodile, (Crocodylus acutus), moderately large species of crocodile inhabiting forests and freshwater environments, as well as brackish and marine intertidal environments, in Florida, Central America, northern South America, and several Caribbean islands
Crocodile - Evolution, Classification, Adaptations | Britannica Like all reptiles, crocodiles are diapsids—i e , they have two openings on each side of the skull Crocodiles also show the most important characteristics of the group that includes the dinosaurs (subclass Archosauria)
Philippine crocodile | Size, Habitat, Conservation, Facts - Britannica Philippine crocodile, (Crocodylus mindorensis), relatively small species of crocodile that lives primarily in freshwater rivers, ponds, and marshes on the islands of Dalupiri, Luzon, and Mindanao in the Philippines
Crocodylidae | reptile family | Britannica Crocodiles inhabit the country’s rivers, swamps, and lakes The estuarine crocodile (Crocodilus porosus)—once attaining a maximum length of 30 feet (9 meters), though specimens exceeding 20 feet (6 meters) are now rare—usually lives on the fish, birds, and crabs of muddy deltaic regions
Mugger | Size, Attacks, Tool Use, Facts | Britannica The mugger’s geographic range extends from extreme southeastern Iran eastward to Bangladesh and from Nepal and northern India south to Sri Lanka The crocodile’s common name comes from magar, which translates loosely to “water monster” in the Hindi and Urdu languages
Caiman | Description, Genera, Facts | Britannica The spectacled caiman, a native of the tropics from southern Mexico to Brazil, takes its name from a bony ridge between the eyes that resembles the nosepiece of a pair of eyeglasses It is abundant along quiet mud-bottomed waters
Freshwater crocodile | Size, Diet, Habitat, Facts | Britannica Compared with Australia’s estuarine, or saltwater, crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)—which is larger and more aggressive and lives in saltwater and brackish waters in tropical coastal areas—the freshwater crocodile (C johnsoni) is relatively shy, preferring to avoid encounters with people