Indo-Pacific crocodile, saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) Description
English: Crocodylus porosus foraging in surf at Maconacon, March 2004. Photo MVW.
Date 10 February 2013, 21:26:03
Source Brown R, Siler C, Oliveros C, Welton L, Rock A, Swab J, Van Weerd M, van Beijnen J, Rodriguez D, Jose E, Diesmos A (2013). "The amphibians and reptiles of Luzon Island, Philippines, VIII: The herpetofauna of Cagayan and Isabela Provinces, northern Sierra Madre Mountain Range". ZooKeys 266: 1. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.266.3982
Author Brown R, Siler C, Oliveros C, Welton L, Rock A, Swab J, Van Weerd M, van Beijnen J, Rodriguez D, Jose E, Diesmos A
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crocodylus_porosus_foraging_in_surf_at_Maconacon_-_ZooKeys-266-001-g104-bottom.jpg
The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), also known as the estuarine crocodile, Indo-Pacific crocodile, marine crocodile, sea crocodile or informally as saltie, is the largest of all living reptiles, as well as the largest riparian predator in the world.
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Crocodylidae
Genus: Crocodylus
Species: Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801
