Crocodiles

Categories: Reptiles

  • The Crocodile is a carnivorous semi-aquatic reptile with a long tapered snout, long thick tail, powerful jaws, and thick armored hide. Most species live in or near fresh water in the tropic zones of Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. There is one salt-water species.

  • Fast Facts:

    1. Name Means: "Pebble Worm"
    2. Naming Credit: Ancient Greeks
    3. Colloquial Name: Croc
    4. Range: Freshwater Tropics
    5. !4 species worldwide
    6. Classification:
      1. Order: Crocodilia
      2. Family: Crocodylidae
      3. Genus: Crocodylus
      4. American Species: Crocodylus acutus
    7. Period: 200 MYA to Present
    8. Length: Up to 16 feet
    9. Weight: Up to 1 ton
    10. Water-adapted
    11. Fast swimmers and sprinters
    12. Ambush hunters
    13. Edible meat
    14. Hide used in leather goods

  • Powerful, Well Adapted Hunters

    Crocodiles co-existed with, and have outlived, the dinosaurs. Thought they spend much of their life in the water, they are not amphibians, but reptiles who must lay their eggs on land. They are very advanced, with physiological features like a diaphragm, cerebral cortex and four-chambered heart unique among reptiles. Their bodies are well-suited for the speed, stealth and agility necessary to be a highly successful aquatic hunter.

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