Slender-Snouted Crocodile

Female slender-snouted crocodiles construct 120-200 cm. wide nests of dead vegetation and mud using their hind legs.

Slender-snouted crocodile nests are made by the female, primarily using her hind legs to construct the nest of dead vegetation and mud. They are typically 50 to 80 centimeters high, 130 to 220 centimeters long, and 120 to 200 centimeters wide.


Image | ©️ Jeremy Thompson, Some Rights Reserved (CC BY 2.0)
Sources | (Lavinder & Pennington 2012; Thorbjarnarson, 1996; Waitkuwait, 1985, 1989)

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