🐊
Nile crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
🐊
Saltwater crocodile
Crocodylus porosus
Reptiles · Least concern
One clip names both of them
188 views between them.
Saltwater crocodile outweighs Nile crocodile 2.1× — 200 kg against 94.2 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
94 kg
🐊 Nile crocodile · AnAge
200 kg
🐊 Saltwater crocodile · AnAge
Body length
5 m
🐊 Nile crocodile · ReptTraits
6 m
🐊 Saltwater crocodile · ReptTraits
Top speed
9.86 km/h
🐊 Nile crocodile
no figure yet
🐊 Saltwater crocodile
Bite force
3,043 N
🐊 Nile crocodile
no figure yet
🐊 Saltwater crocodile
Maximum lifespan
56 yr
🐊 Nile crocodile · AnAge
57 yr
🐊 Saltwater crocodile · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Crocodylus (genus), home to 17 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.