#1800 · 🦎 reptiles

Mugger Crocodile

🇳🇱 Moeraskrokodil ·Crocodylus palustris

VUvulnerable 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The mugger crocodile ( Crocodylus palustris = "crocodile of the marsh"), also called the Indian , Indus , Persian , Sindhu , marsh crocodile or simply mugger , is found throughout the Indian subcontinent and the surrounding countries, like Pakistan where the Indus crocodile is the national reptile of Pakistan. It is one of the three crocodilians found in India, the others being the gharial and the saltwater crocodile. It is a medium-sized crocodile that mostly inhabits freshwater lakes, ponds, sluggish rivers,...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,270iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,270 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by René Lesson in 1831 (195 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.