Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus
Nile Crocodile, Awash Falls, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image Awash Falls, Ethiopia
January 2016

The Nile Crocodile is distributed in the Nile Valley and in the rest of Africa south of the Sahara apart from the south and west of South Africa. See the distribution map at IUCN.

Nile Crocodile, Awash Falls, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image Males can reach up to 3 metres in length. They are found in a wide variety of aquatic habitats.

For more information see ARKive.

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