Saltwater crocodile

Key facts

• Saltwater crocodile lives in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, India, Philippines, and Malaysia.
• Group: Reptiles and amphibians.
• It weighs about 450 kg (992 lb).
• A typical adult is about 5 m (16.4 ft) long.
• It lives about 70 years.
• Diet: carnivore.
• Habitat: wetland.
• Saltwater crocodiles are the largest living reptiles, and some have swum hundreds of kilometres across open sea.