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Nile Crocodiles also referred to as Crocodylus niloticus are remarkable water based creatures that always astonish the travelers on Safaris in Uganda Africa. They are recorded to be the world's second largest reptile after the Salt water crocodile.

Crocodiles have been around for a very long time in Africa and many legends exist about them in African folklore.  They mostly live in protected areas these days because outside they are hunted by people because of the threat they pose to human life. Crocodiles, while fearsome, have  a gentle side and show parental care with the mother guarding her clutch of eggs for 2-3 months before they hatch and then guarding the baby crocodiles in the water until they are large enough to fend for themselves. They mostly eat fish or small ungulates where they can catch them and this is another reason they are usually found in parks where ungulates are abundant.

The three species of crocodile have been recorded in Uganda. The dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis) was recorded in rivers flowing into lake George up until the 1950s.  It has not been sighted recently and may be extinct in Uganda although it is possible  that it might survive  in the swamp to the north of Lake George in Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP). The Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is the most widespread in the country and can be seen in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, along various stretches of the Nile River and in Lakes Albert and Victoria. A newly described species in 2012, C. suchus, lives in Kidepo Valley National Park. Initially thought to be a subspecies of the Nile Crocodile, this species is genetically quite distinct. It has been confirmed as the species used by the temple priests in ancient Egypt, who recognized two species of crocodile in the Nile River and selectively mummified the smaller species for use in the pharoah’s tombs. The Kidepo Valley population is the last known population of this species near the Nile River, but several occur in the Sahel region in West Africa.