Saltwater crocodile: Difference between revisions

==Anatomy and Morphology==

A healthy adult male saltwater crocodile is typically 4.8 to 5 [[metre]]s (15.75 to 16.6 [[foot|ft]]) long, and weighs roughly 770 kg (1697 lb), with very rare exceptions being larger than this.<ref name="ufl">[http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/brittoncrocs/csp_cpor.htm ''Crocodylus porosus'' (Schneider, 1801)], by Adam Britton from the Crocodilian Species List.</ref> The largest confirmed saltwater crocodile on record was 20.6&nbsp;feet (6.3&nbsp;meters) long, and probably weighed well over 1,900&nbsp;kg.<ref name="uflfaq">[http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/brittoncrocs/cbd-faq-q2.htm Which is the largest species of crocodile?]</ref> Many larger sizes have been reported,[http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2001/07.19/14-talltales.html][http://www.abc.net.au/northwest/stories/s600876.htm] but these have generally been discredited as exaggerations. Examinations of incomplete remains have never suggested a length greater than 23&nbsp;feet (7&nbsp;meters).<ref name = uflfaq/> Females are much smaller than males, with typical female body lengths in the range of 2.5&ndash;3 metres.

 

==Distribution==