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Saltwater or estuarine crocodile

Crocodylus porosus

Description:

Saltwater or estuarine crocodile, about 2.5 meters long.

Habitat:

Daintree River, in the tropics.

Notes:

We startled this "Saltie" off of the bank and into the water as we cruised by in a boat.

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5 Comments

lori.tas
lori.tas 13 years ago

Yep, and this was just a little one.

PaulMcK
PaulMcK 13 years ago

awesome creature

ariana
ariana 13 years ago

amazing! that had to be exciting!

peter
peter 13 years ago

Wow awesome!

lori.tas
lori.tas 13 years ago

This was about as close as I want to ever get to one of these.

lori.tas
Spotted by
lori.tas

4873, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Sep 6, 2010
Submitted on Nov 16, 2010

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