Saltwater Crocodile - Juvenile

awesome

Sorry to belabor this but it's a great clip nonetheless. See the mugger hatchling at 1:38 http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/animals/reptiles-animals/alligators-crocodiles/baby-mugger-crocodiles-predation/

Excellent!

Nice Shot Nuwan!!!

Further to my previous comment, here is a better demonstration of what the neck region of a hatchling/yearling salty looks like http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardfisher/3046717750/sizes/o/in/photostream/ Uniformly small scutes behind the platform of the skull...

Great series!!!

Fun fact! Living up to 70 years in the wild and attaining a length of 17 feet (5 meters) and weighing in at up to 1,000 lbs, the saltwater crocodile is Earth’s largest living crocodilian - and, some say, the animal most likely to eat a human. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153436991955603&set=a.10152575329380603.958289.10150120463815603&type=1

Awesome series Nuwan, the first 'dragon eye' is spectacular, amazing shot!

last added pic is so cute Nuwan , today we had a discussion about what this fellows size can be as it couldnt understand from the previous pics much. small fellow is cute wish i got the chance to hold it :-)

Nice series, Nuwan and interesting thread. This is a hatchling and hatchlings of Crocodylus are a lot more similar looking than say yearlings (one-year old juveniles). A one-year old salty is unmistakable. I am unfamiliar with mugger hatchlings. That being said, muggers seem to have 2 pairs of enlarged post occipital scutes (scales behind the skull platform and before the rosette of enlarged scutes on the neck). See http://500px.com/photo/43509070 "Ninety nine" percent of salties have no enlarged p.o. scutes. In fact the scales between the platform and the rosette are typically uniformly small. It makes for a very attractive croc. See top hatching on http://www.arkive.org/saltwater-crocodile/crocodylus-porosus/image-G57590.html This spotting's second photo's angle makes it look like there are no enlarged scales but the 3rd photo is more ambiguous. Nuwan, it would be nice of you could add the 3rd photo zoomed up on the neck region. :-)

It is a Salty. He's a cutie, great spotting.

Wonderful series, Nuwan!

Cool spotting Nuwan. I really like the 1st picture! Hope you get the ID sorted out. :)

oooooh...scary..but awesome :D Nuwan doen't the muggers possess relatively large four post occipital scales??? I thout that is a feature to distinguish them..I am not sure,just asking for my knowledge... :/

great spotting .....

wow! awesome spotting buddy!!

saltwater ones have heavy snout with a pair of ridges running from orbit to center of snout.but mugger has relatively broad and heavy snout.fore head concave and ridges infront of eyes are absent. mugger juveniles have bands on their body while saltwater juveniles have black spots.

It s saltwater crocodile.(Gata kimbula)