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Slender-snouted Crocodile

Crocodylus cataphractus

Photo by AdamRiley
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The rarely observed African Slender-snouted Crocodile is best found along little disturbed, slow-moving rivers of Central and West African rainforests.

Habitat:

Rivers in rainforest

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
Scott Frazier
Hello! Your spotting here was featured as representative of this species from PN via a link http://species-spottings.tumblr.com/ (see SPOTTING column) from the recent blog post http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/48688907786/crocodilians
HeatherMiller
He looks like he's just "flaked out" on that branch.
AdamRiley
Hi Heather & chebeagueschool - the maximum size of this crocodile is 3-4 metres, this individual is about 3/4 adult size.
HeatherMiller
Is that a a baby, or is the tree really large, making it look small? I'm basing this question off the size of the leaves in the background, which could also be really large.

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