Mugger crocodile

Swamp crocodile ( Crocodylus palustris)

The marsh crocodile ( Crocodylus palustris ) is a kind of genuine crocodile ( Crocodylidae ).

Features

The marsh crocodile can reach a maximum length of about four meters. The adults are gray to gray-brown and usually with dark drawings, the young are light brown to brown and have on the tail and the body of a dark cross bands.

Dissemination

The marsh crocodile is a freshwater resident who is found mainly in rivers, lakes and swamps. It also inhabits the irrigation canals and artificial water reservoirs his home. Occasionally marsh crocodiles were also found in brackish water. Its circulation area covers the Indian subcontinent, ranging from eastern Iran through Pakistan, northern India, Nepal Terai up to Sri Lanka. In Bangladesh, marsh crocodiles are thought to be extinct.

Way of life

Like most other crocodiles feed on the marsh crocodile from very different organisms of the water. Its range of services includes fish, snakes, frogs, turtles, insects and small mammals. Large crocodiles also catch deer, water buffalo and Gaure. They are also known for being "steal" fish from fishing nets.

Eggs are laid in pits. Such a nest comprises 25 to 30 eggs. Captive Crocodile Swamp females have often two clutches per year.

Marsh crocodiles are threatened in their existence high in some areas of their range. In Iran, a long-lasting drought has reduced the number of crocodiles that drastically, in India it is the loss of natural habitats by human population growing explosively. The safest stocks now live well in Sri Lanka ( Crocodylus palustris kimbula subspecies ).