Saltwater crocodile

The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), also known as the sea crocodile, marine crocodile, estuarine crocodile, Indo-Pacific crocodile, or informally saltie, is a species of crocodile found in saltwater habitats and brackish wetlands in Southeast Asia, India, and northern Australia. It is the world's largest living reptile and crocodilian known to science, with males up to 6 m, while females are much smaller only is around 3 m. It is a opportunistic hypercarnivorus apex predator, ambushing most of its prey and drowns it and swallows it in whole. It is capable of prevailing over nearly any animal that enters its territory, such as many species of freshwater and saltwater fish (including sharks), crustaceans, birds, other reptiles, and mammals. Compared to most crocodiles, its snout is wide, having a longer snout than the mugger crocodile; its length is twice width at the base. Its scales are oval-shaped and the scutes are either absent or small compared to other species. The eyes has a pair of ridges along the center of the snout. A gap is present in the dorsal and cervical shields and small triangular scutes are present between the posterior edges of the large, transversely arranged scutes on the dorsal shield. Adults have a dark, greenish-drab, with some tan or gray areas present. Stripes are present in the lower sides of their bodies but do not extend to their bodies, with their tails having dark gray bands. Several color-variations exists such as being fairly pale, though some become blackish. Young saltwater crocodiles are pale yellow with black stripes and spots on their bellies and tails, which lasts several years until they mature into adults.