There are 15 species of crocodile, all of them endangered, found in tropical parts of Africa, Asia, Australia, and Central America. The largest is the saltwater (indopacific) crocodileCrocodylus porosus, which can grow to 7 m/23 ft or more, and is found in eastern India, Australia, and the western Pacific, in both freshwater and saltwater habitats.

The Nile crocodile C. niloticus is found in Africa and reaches 6 m/20 ft.

The American crocodile C. acutus, about 4.6 m/15 ft long, is found from southern Florida to Ecuador. The gavial, or gharial, Gavialis gangeticus is sometimes placed in a family of its own. It is an Indian species that grows to 6.5 m/21 ft or more, and has a very long narrow snout specialized for capturing and eating fish.

The Cuban crocodile C. rhombifer has a short snout, grows up to 3.5 m/11.5 ft, and lives in freshwater swamps in Cuba.

Morelet's crocodile C. moreletti is found in Central America, where it is overhunted, and grows up to 3.5 m/11.5 ft. Johnston's crocodile C. johnstoni is an Australian crocodile that feeds mainly on fish and reaches up to 3 m/9.75 ft in length.

The Siamese crocodile C. siamensis is found in the wild in Cambodia and Laos. These populations consist of only a few hundred crocodile, making the Siamese one of the most endangered crocodile species.

The Philippine crocodile C. mindorensis is found in the Philippine Islands and grows to just under 3 m/9.75 ft. C. palustris is an Indian crocodile resembling the Nile crocodile but smaller, reaching up to 4 m/13 ft.

The Orinoco crocodile C. intermedius grows up to 6 m/19.5 ft. Tomistoma schlegelli is found in rivers in India and Indochina and grows up to 4 m/13 ft.

The African slender-snouted crocodile C. cataphractusgrows up to 4 m/13 ft and is found in western and central Africa.

Osteolaemus tetraspis, the dwarf crocodile, reaches only 2 m/6.6 ft in length and is found in the tropical forests of west and central Africa.

The New Guinea crocodile C. novaguineae reaches 7 m/23 ft in length.
There are 12 species of 'true' crocodiles which come under the genus Crocodylus, which are the Nile, the Saltwater, the Freshwater, the Cuban, the Philippine, the New Guinea, the Siamese, the American, the Orinoco, the Slender Snouted, the Mugger and the Morelet's Crocodiles. There are two others to which there are some dispute, which are the West African Dwarf Crocodile and the False Gharial.

There are also two 'true' Alligators (American and Chinese), the Indian Gharial and 6 species of Caiman, which include the Black, the Common (also known as the Spectacled), the Broad snouted, the Yacare, the Cuvier's Dwarf and the Schneider's Dwarf Caiman totalling 23 species in all.
In the world their are 23 crocodiles but in Australia their are 2 the Estuarine crocodile and the Johnsons crocodile which both live in salt and fresh water.
There are 23 types of crocodilians. Of these, two are alligators, six are caimans (South American alligator relatives), fourteen are crocodiles and one is a gharial (a thin-snouted fish-eater from India).
There is 13 different types (species) of crocodiles.
Their are 23 different species of crocodile.
I think you mean how many crocodilian species there are so... There are 14 species of crocodiles and here they are: American crocodile African slender-snouted crocodile Orinoco crocodile Australian freshwater crocodile Philippine crocodile Morelet's crocodile Nile crocodile New Guinea crocodile Marsh crocodile Australian saltwater crocodile Cuban crocodile Siamese crocodile African dwarf crocodile Tomistoma There are 2 species of alligators and species of caimans: Chinese alligator American alligator Yacare caiman Spectacled caiman Broad-snouted caiman Black caiman Dwarf caiman

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