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Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
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Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
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The mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris), also called marsh crocodile, broad-snouted crocodile and mugger, is a crocodilian native to freshwater habitats from southern Iran to the Indian subcontinent. It is extinct in Bhutan and Myanmar and has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1982.
It is a medium-sized crocodile that inhabits lakes, rivers, marshes and artificial ponds. Both young and adult mugger crocodiles dig burrows where they retreat when temperature drops below 5 °C (41 °F) or exceeds 38 °C (100 °F). Females dig holes in the sand as nesting sites and lay up to 46 eggs during the dry season.Sex of hatchlings depends on temperature during incubation.It preys on fish, reptiles, birds and mammals. Young feed on insects. It is one of three crocodilians in India, apart from saltwater crocodile (C. porosus) and gharial (Gavialis gangeticus).
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=APNp7Acriv8
Ripping off a Buffaloes leg!. One of the most underrated species!.  (08-27-2020, 07:29 PM)Bitishannah Wrote: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=APNp7Acriv8 Gruesome. Luckily, the buffalo escaped. (08-27-2020, 07:44 PM)johnny rex Wrote:(08-27-2020, 07:29 PM)Bitishannah Wrote: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=APNp7Acriv8 https://youtu.be/8sIkFg7Ml1s It seems it killed a buffalo in yala national park 
The largest Mugger she's ever seen.
She estimates him to be conservatively slightly over 4m    *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Quote:4.06 m and 365 kg, Giragav village, Bilagi, Bagalkot dis Karnataka India, 12 May 2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Quote:14 feet, 6 June 2011, Sindh, Pakistan by Hunter Roys Sindh  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Quote:14 feet, Vadodara India, 29 August 2024?  *This image is copyright of its original author Quote:Very large Mugger Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) at Harvard University. No revealed measurements yet I believe  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Quote:new photo the very large Mugger Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) skull at Harvard University.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author The largest Mugger Crocodile skull was measured in 1979 by herpetologist Romulus Whitaker in Sri Lanka at 51.5 cm DCL and its mandible at 66.0 cm.
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