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Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

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Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

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09-10-2019, 03:18 AM ( This post was last modified: 09-10-2019, 03:25 AM by epaiva )

The Nile crocodile is the largest crocodilian in Africa and is generally considered the second largest crocodilian after the Saltwater crocodile. Adult male Nile crocodiles usually range from 4 to 5 meters long and largest ones grow up to 5,5 meters long and weight up to a 1000 kilograms, females are a lot smaller than males 2,2 to 3,8 meters long with only a very small number that grow up to 4 meters long.
 In search for the largest crocodilian skulls in museums the largest veriafiable Nile crocodile skulls found were several housed in Arba Minch, Ethiopia, sourced from nearby Lake Chamo, which apparently included several specimens with a skull length more than 65 cm long (26 in) with the largest one 68,6 cm /27 in) in length with a mandibular length of 87 cm (34 in). Nile crocodiles with skulls this size are likely to measure in the range of 5,4 to 5,6 m (17 ft 9 in to 18 ft 4 in) which is also the length of the animals according to the museum where they were found. However larger skulls may exist, The detached head of an excepcionally large Nile crocodile (killed in 1968 and measuring 5,87 m (19 ft 3 in) in length was found to have weighed 166 kg (366 lb) including the large tendons used to shut the jaw. (Wikipedia)
Pictures taken from the book Crocodiles and Alligators (Charles A. Ross and Dr. Stephen Garnett)

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