Nile crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus · Crocodylidae

The Nile crocodile is a large crocodilian native to freshwater habitats in Africa, where it is present in 26 countries. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, occurring mostly in the eastern, southern, and central regions of the continent, and lives in different types of aquatic environments such as lakes, rivers, swamps and marshlands. It occasionally inhabits deltas, brackish lakes and rarely also saltwater.

Where the Nile crocodile lives

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Botswana, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Malawi (Africa).

Most records fall in Mpumalanga, Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Rift Valley, North-West and Mara.

See the Nile crocodile’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 10,376 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.