What is the species of crocodiles?

Answer 1

All alligators and crocodiles belong to the family crocodilian. This includes the Nile crocodile, the saltwater crocodile, the American crocodile, the American alligator, the Cayman, the dwarf Cayman, the white Cayman (extremely rare), the gharial, and the west-African crocodile. Think you can handle that?

Answer 2

A crocodile is any species belonging to the family Crocodylidae (sometimes classified instead as the subfamily Crocodylinae). The term can also be used more loosely to include all members of the order Crocodilia: i.e. the true crocodiles, the alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae) and the gharials (family Gavialidae), or even the Crocodylomorpha which includes prehistoric crocodile relatives and ancestors.

Member species of the family Crocodylidae are large aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Crocodiles tend to congregate in freshwater habitats like rivers, lakes, wetlands and sometimes in brackish water. They feed mostly on vertebrates like fish, reptiles, and mammals, sometimes on invertebrates like mollusks and crustaceans, depending on species.

They are an ancient lineage, and are believed to have changed little since the time of the dinosaurs. They are believed to be 200 million years old whereas dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago; crocodiles survived great extinction events.

Answer 3

There are 14 recognized species of crocodiles, including the American crocodile, Nile crocodile, saltwater crocodile, and freshwater crocodile. They are found in various regions across the world, typically in tropical or subtropical habitats near water bodies.