Freshwater Crocodile
The Freshwater Crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni), often called Johnstone’s Crocodile or simply the “Freshie”, is a medium-sized crocodilian native to northern Australia. Belonging to the family Crocodylidae and the genus Crocodylus, it is much smaller and more slender-snouted than the formidable E...
Estuarine Crocodile
The Estuarine Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), often called the Saltwater Crocodile or “Saltie”, is the largest living reptile and one of the most powerful predators on Earth. Belonging to the family Crocodylidae and the genus Crocodylus, it is widely distributed across the tropical and subtropical...
Crocodylus porosus
Saltwater crocodile (scientific name: Crocodylus porosus) is also known as Estuarine Crocodile and Salt-water Crocodile in foreign languages. It has no subspecies. The epithet “Porosus” means “porous”. Since the saltwater crocodile is the only crocodile in the order Crocodilia that does not have...