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SpeciesCrocodylidae
Reptiles

🐊West African crocodile

Crocodylus suchus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1807

The West African crocodile, desert crocodile, or sacred crocodile is a species of crocodile related to, and often confused with, the larger Nile crocodile.

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Conservation status
Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Crocodylus suchus yet.

Key measurements
Body mass
490 kg
Body length
4 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
80 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the West African crocodile

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
490 kgmaximum recorded
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Body length
4 mmaximum recorded
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
80 yearsmaximum recorded
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Diurnal
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Venomous
No
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Volume l
491 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for West African crocodile yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classCrocodylia
  4. ›familyCrocodylidae
  5. ›genusCrocodylus
  6. ›speciesCrocodylus suchus
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  1. superclassTetrapoda
  2. orderSauria
  3. familyCrocodylidae
  4. genusCrocodylus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. familyCrocodylidae
  10. genusCrocodylus
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Crocodylus suchus (fr), cocodrilo africano occidental (es), West-Afrikaanse krokodil (nl), Westafrikanisches Krokodil (de), Crocodylus suchus (vi), coccodrillo dell'Africa occidentale (it) … and 18 more languages
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