Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768

Conradie, Werner, Keates, Chad, Verburgt, Luke, Baptista, Ninda L., Harvey, James, Júlio, Timóteo & Neef, Götz, 2022, Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Angolan Okavango-Cuando-Zambezi River drainages. Part 2: Lizards (Sauria), chelonians, and crocodiles, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 322) 16 (2), pp. 181-214 : 206

Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768

Nile Crocodile ( Fig. 39 , Map 36) Observations: Cuito River source lake, -12.68935° 18.36012°; Cuchi River gorge, -14.59000° 16.90758°, 1,350 m asl; Kulua River source, lake 6 km SE of Cuito source, -12.736749° 18.3931022°, 1,446 m asl; Cuanavale River source lake, -13.09052° 18.89394°; Quembo River source lake, -13.13586° 19.04709°; Quembo River bridge site, -13.52801° 19.28147°; Lake Tchanssengwe, -12.41402° 18.64418°, 1,393 m asl; Cuando River -13.32009° 19.49338°, -13.79438° 19.60793°, -13.88734° 19.64641°, -14.29429° 19.81956°, -14.602330° 20.13131°, Quembo River -13.43374° 19.24170°, -13.53046° 19.28822°, -13.96865° 19.42061°, -13.99376° 19.43288°, -14.027810° 19.44206°, -14.09658° 19.46397°, -14.11456° 19.46687°, -14.15561° 19.48322°, -14.15577° 19.48615°, -14.22304° 19.50668°, -14.27701° 19.54167°, -14.34465° 19.57520°, -14.38198° 19.60944°, -14.39925° 19.61876°, -14.41994° 19.63391°, -14.51911° 19.69112°, -14.61351° 19.76039°, -14.67203° 19.83250°, -14.73636° 19.90068°, -14.94193° 20.16986°, -14.96962° 20.55838°, -14.97661° 20.53455°, -14.97668° 20.50791°, -14.97877° 20.38383°, -14.9834° 20.51638°, -15.05622° 20.95461°, -15.12544° 21.03706°, -15.26815° 21.23438°, -16.31355° 22.0369°, -16.31651° 22.0363°; Lungwebungu River -12.51823° 18.54648°, -12.57812° 18.67840°, -12.63833° 18.82899°, -12.64124° 18.86644°, -12.67050° 18.96596°, -12.68586° 19.06160°, -12.66937° 19.17765°, -12.66345° 19.21794°, -12.65688° 19.25919°, -12.60808° 19.29928°, -12.57965° 19.34484°, -12.52636° 19.40970°, -12.45915° 19.47460°, -12.45031° 19.47158°, -12.41964° 19.48228°, -12.38694° 19.77156°, -12.45968° 19.90906°, -12.45414° 20.005371°, -12.45218° 20.01162°, -12.48533° 20.09848°, -12.50573° 20.11481°, -12.70198° 20.47726°, -12.72187° 20.56667°, -12.75665° 20.94848°, -12.78606° 21.02360°, -12.88576° 21.18927°, -12.93852° 21.24419°, -13.25902° 21.61123°, -13.28100° 21.62614°, -13.31189° 21.71873°. Comment: No evidence was found that this species was breeding in the upper reaches of the rivers.

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Fig. 39. Juvenile Crocodylus niloticus from Quembo River bridge camp. Photo by Chad Keates.