Nile crocodile

The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is a large crocodylid, males typically 3.5–5 m long and 225–750 kg, exceptionally over 6 m and 1,000 kg, females 2.2–3.8 m. It has a long heavy snout and olive-green to dark brown dorsal coloration. It occurs in 26 sub-Saharan countries and western Madagascar, inhabiting rivers, lakes, marshes, estuaries and mangroves. Juveniles take insects and small fish, adults ambushing antelope, zebra and warthog. Clutches hold 25–80 eggs incubated about 90 days. The IUCN lists it Least Concern, with 250,000–500,000 in the wild.