What Is The Scientific Name Of Saltwater Crocodile (ANSWER)

SCIENTIFIC NAME OF SALTWATER CROCODILE – In this topic, we are going to know and identify the scientific name of Saltwater Crocodile.

Also known as estuarine crocodile, Indo-Pacific crocodile, marine crocodile, sea crocodile, or saltie, it is a crocodile native to saltwater habitats and brackish wetlands from India’s east coast across Southeast Asia and the Sundaic region to northern Australia and Micronesia.

The species are listed as the Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 1996. It is under the crocodylian family Crocodylidae.

The reptile is hunted for its skin until the 1970s and is threatened by illegal killing and habitat loss. However, it is also rendered dangerous for people who share the same area.

It is the largest living reptile and crocodilian known to science, with males grow to a length of up to 6 meters or 20 feet, rarely exceeding 6.3 meters or 21 feet or a weight of 1,000 to 1,300 kilograms or 2,200 to 2,900 pounds.

The reptile is capable of preying over other predators such as sharks, varieties of freshwater and saltwater fish, invertebrates, various reptiles, birds and mammals.

Scientific Name

The binomial name of saltwater crocodile is Crocodylus porosus.

Crocodylus is a genus in the crocodylian family Crocodylidae. It is derived from the Greek krokodeilos, a combination of kroko or ‘pebble‘ and delios or ‘worm‘.

The specific epithet porosus, on the other hand, is the Latin term for porous, which is defined as ‘full of holes’.