Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

About Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

Kingdom: Animals
Phylum: Chordates
Class: Reptiles
Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
Family: Crocodiles

The Nile crocodile is a large crocodilian native to freshwater habitats in Africa, where it is present in 26 countries. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, occurring mostly in the eastern, southern, and central regions of the continent, and lives in different types of aquatic environments such as lakes, rivers, swamps and marshlands. It occasionally inhabits deltas, brackish lakes and rarely also saltwater. Its range once stretched from the Nile Delta throughout the Nile River. Lake Turkana in Kenya has one of the largest undisturbed Nile crocodile populations.

Source: Wikipedia

Lifelists

Trips

Visits

2001-06-03

Victoria Falls, Zambia

Seen from early man site.
2001-06-21

Kafue National Park - Busunga Plains, Zambia
2001-06-30

South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
2002-12-02

Chobe National Park - Kasane, Botswana

Supposedly, one had eaten someone at the campground recently.
2003-03-07

Serengeti, Tanzania
2011-01-07

Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia
2011-01-16

Awash National Park, Ethiopia
2013-10-24

Nairobi National Park, Kenya
2013-11-02

Central Island National Park, Kenya
2017-01-02

Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda
2017-01-08

Queen Elizabeth II National Park, Uganda
2017-11-20

Ankarafantsika Nature Reserve, Madagascar