Saltwater Crocodile
The saltwater crocodile (or Crocodylus porosus) is an extremely large species of reptile native to the coastal areas of Southeast Asia, North Australia and East India.
It is an effective and dangerous apex predator, with a broader snout and body compared to other crocodile species. They are tan to greenish grey in colour and there is variation in colour among different populations.
Males are capable of growing between 3.5m to 6m long, and weighing between 200kg and 1,000kg. Females are significantly smaller, averaging 2.7m to 3.4m and 120kg to 200kg.
Crocodylus porosus
Habitat needs
Space is stored as a minimum plus an amount per additional adult; the game's help adds that juveniles don't count. Plan a mixed habitat in the habitat planner.
Dislikes snow.
Terrain
| Terrain | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Short Grass | 0% | 50% |
| Sand | 30% | 100% |
| Soil | 20% | 70% |
| Rock | 0% | 40% |
| Waterlogged | 0% | 100% |
Share of the habitat's terrain.
Barriers with resistance grade 3 or higher 10
- Glass grade 3 · $2
- Wire Netting grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Wood Logs grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Acrylic grade 4 · $3
- Steel Mesh grade 4 · $3 · climbable
- Thick Glass grade 4 · $3
- Brick grade 5 · $4
- Concrete grade 5 · $4
- Gabion grade 5 · $4 · climbable
- Electric grade 6 · $0.80
At least 1 m high. No water barrier. Grades are the ones the game's barrier tooltips state.
Enrichment it uses 7
- Platform Floats Toy · score 150 · $200
- Rubbing Pad Toy · score 100 · $100
- Small Bubble Machine Toy · score 150 · $100
- Rubbing Pad Bark Toy · score 100 · $100
- Small Ball Toy · score 100 · $100
- Mud Bath Toy · score 150
- Rubber Duck Toy · score 50 · $100
Enrichment target: toys 100 + 60 per additional adult; feeders 10 + 2 per additional adult.
Food, life and breeding
- Food
- Nutritionally Complete Meat + Small Carcasses
- Food / drink amount
- 3 / 10
- Food cost, grade 1 / 2 / 3
- $391 / $545 / $545
- Feeders
- Frozen Blood Pumpkin, Food Tray - Large, Food Tray - Small, Restraint Feeder, Block of Frozen Fish, Aquatic Feeder - Fish, Bamboo Feeder
- Lifespan
- 70–114 yr
- Mature / prime / old / elderly
- 14 yr / 25 yr / 45 yr / 64 yr
- Gestation / between births
- 0.083 yr / 0.917 yr
- Litter
- 1–4
- Fertility
- 0.2
- Mating system
- Polygynous
- Breeds in
- Spring
- Nest
- Mound
- Dominance
- Males are territorial
- Ecosystem roles
- Predators
- Wild population
- 500,000
- Guests flee if it escapes
- Yes
Saltwater crocodiles are solitary, territorial and extremely aggressive. Males will tolerate females living on their territory, and females will look after their hatchlings for the first 8 months of their life, but otherwise they spend their lives alone.
Overview
- Scientific name
- Crocodylus porosus
- Class
- Reptilia
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Biome
- Estuarine, Tropical, Mangrove
- Continent
- Asia, Oceania
- Content
- Base game