freshwater crocodile
Smaller Australian reptile
A freshwater crocodile is a relatively small crocodilian native to northern Australia, inhabiting rivers, lakes, and billabongs rather than coastal or saltwater environments.
Distinguished from the larger and more dangerous saltwater crocodile, freshwater crocs are generally not aggressive toward humans unless provoked: The sign warned of freshwater crocodiles in the swimming hole.
- snoutBeast's protruding face
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- reptileCold-blooded scaled vertebrate
- billabongIsolated river pool
- AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
murky · ambush · basking · jaws · teeth · death roll · riverbank · swamp · prehistoric · lurking · cold-blooded · wetlands · Northern Territory · river cruise · snap · submerged · eyes · tail
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