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Hace 3 días · Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.
Hace 2 días · The order Crocodilia includes the true crocodiles (family Crocodylidae), the alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae), and the gharial and false gharial (family Gavialidae). Although the term crocodiles (or crocs) is sometimes used to refer to all of these, crocodilians is a less ambiguous vernacular term for members of this group.
27 de may. de 2024 · Quick Facts: Unlike other reptile species, crocodilians are archosaurs which is an ancient group of reptiles that also included dinosaurs. Crocodiles bask in the hot sun all day to absorb enough warmth to last through a night of hunting and feeding.
22 de may. de 2024 · Nile crocodile, (Crocodylus niloticus), species of crocodile inhabiting freshwater lakes, rivers, and swamps and brackish waters of southern and eastern Africa and Madagascar. The Nile crocodile is the largest crocodile in Africa and one of the largest living reptiles, some individuals rivaling the.
23 de may. de 2024 · American crocodile, ( Crocodylus acutus ), moderately large species of crocodile inhabiting forests and freshwater environments, as well as brackish and marine intertidal environments, in Florida, Central America, northern South America, and several Caribbean islands. This species has the largest geographic range of any crocodile in ...
Hace 2 días · The saltwater crocodile ( Crocodylus porosus) is a crocodilian native to saltwater habitats, brackish wetlands and freshwater rivers from India 's east coast across Southeast Asia and the Sundaic region to northern Australia and Micronesia. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 1996. [2]
Hace 5 días · Alligator, either of two crocodilians classified in the genus Alligator and related to the tropical American caimans. Alligators can be differentiated from true crocodiles by the form of their jaw and teeth.
