Nile crocodile
crocodylus niloticus latin

Nile crocodiles are found in great abundance on the flats.

A good example to the hierarchy in crocodiles would be the case of the Nile crocodile.

Spotted hyenas usually keep a safe distance from Nile crocodiles.

The waters hold dangers too; a Nile crocodile attacks a buffalo.

This differs from Nile crocodiles which lay their eggs in pits.

"But the favorite food of Nile crocodiles is godflesh."

The Nile crocodile is the most common crocodilian found in Africa today.

Nile crocodiles can also be a threat to giraffes when they bend down to drink.

Nile crocodiles are also great threats during migratory river crossings.

All the animals are Nile crocodiles which can grow to 4.5 metres and live as long as a man.

Occasionally, Nile crocodiles may predate on leopards of any age.

And they share the river, in an uneasy co-existence, with the nile crocodiles."

The Nile crocodile eats bigger animals as it gets bigger.

Many of his field studies took place in Africa, where he was especially interested in the Nile crocodile.

The Nile crocodile also consumes dead animals that would otherwise pollute the waters.

In addition, this phase will include Nile crocodiles and possibly African wild dogs.

The Nile crocodile will typically attack only old solitary animals and young calves, though they can kill healthy adults.

Nile crocodiles are the much feared reptilian predators of Africa's rivers and lakes.

Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is also reported from the flood plains.

Madagascar's largest reptile is the Nile crocodile which has become very rare due to hunting for its skin.

Nile crocodiles are apex predators throughout its range.

The situation is more grim in central and west Africa, which make up about two-thirds of the Nile crocodile's habitat.

Now, the last remaining Nile crocodiles share their dwindling pools with the passing camel trains.

Nile crocodiles and hippopotamus, two animals which were widespread in the delta during antiquity, are no longer found there.

The riverine areas house the apex predator Nile crocodile and the hippopotamus.

Before this reassignment, the species was considered by some to be synonymous with Crocodylus niloticus.

Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is also reported from the flood plains.

Moreover, the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is a common species of reptiles.

Its size, stature, and presumed behavior is similar to the modern Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus).

Larger than any crocodilian found in South America, an adult Crocodylus niloticus can measure 20 feet long and weigh one ton.

It had a shorter and deeper snout than the extant Crocodylus niloticus, as well as relatively robust limbs.

Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is the largest of the four crocodile species found in Africa.

Reptiles are likewise plentiful, and include the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), snakes, and lizards.

In Kenya, Lake Turkana, formerly Lake Rudolf, houses about 14,000 specimens of the very large Crocodylus niloticus species.

Nile crocodile or African crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus (the subspecies found in Madagascar is sometimes called the black crocodile)

The Guelta d'Archei is inhabited by several kinds of animals, most notably the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti).

The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is an African crocodile and the second largest extant reptile in the world, after the saltwater crocodile.

It is defined as the most inclusive clade containing all crocodylomorphs more closely related to Crocodylus niloticus (the Nile Crocodile) than to Notosuchus terrestris.

The notable reptiles are the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) and lizard species such as Varanus griseus and Varanus niloticus.

Additionally the area is a habitat for many species of animals including the hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) and many other mammals, amphibians, reptiles and the invertebrate communities.

The binomial name Crocodylus niloticus is derived from the Greek kroko ("pebble"), deilos ("worm", or "man"), referring to its rough skin; and niloticus, meaning "from the Nile River".

Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) the largest living reptile seen in river banks and ponds in the two protected parks, the Dwarf caiman, smaller and docile species of chameleons in 100 colour variations.

These crocodiles lived amphibiously and their way of life probably was quite similar to that of the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) and of the Australian Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus).

In this way, the nearby Basse Casamance National Park, which has been closed for years, has seen a remarkable return of Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus), Senegalese manatees (Trichechus senegalensis), and breeding birds.

In his study of early archosaur phylogeny, paleontologist Sterling J. Nesbitt defined it as the most inclusive clade containing Crocodylus niloticus (the Nile crocodile), but not the extinct Poposaurus gracilis, Ornithosuchus longidens, or Aetosaurus ferox.

A later study involved adding Decuriasuchus to a 2011 analysis of archosaur relationships; D. quartacolonia was recovered as the basalmost member of the clade Loricata (the most inclusive clade containing Crocodylus niloticus but not Poposaurus gracilis, Ornithosuchus longidens or Aetosaurus ferratus).

Crurotarsi include, by most published definitions, all descendants of the common ancestor of modern crocodiles, ornithosuchids, aetosaurs, and phytosaurs; Nesbitt (2011) provided a shorter definition, defining Crurotarsi as "the least inclusive clade containing Rutiodon carolinensis Emmons, 1856, and Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768".

The Crocodylomorpha are defined phylogenetically by Sereno 2005 as "The most inclusive clade containing Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti 1768) but not Poposaurus gracilis Mehl 1915, Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum Romer 1972, Prestosuchus chiniquensis Huene 1942, Aetosaurus ferratus Fraas 1877."