Mugger Crocodile

Crocodylus palustris

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassCrocodylia
FamilyCrocodylidae (Crocodiles)
GenusCrocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)
SpeciesCrocodylus palustris (Mugger Crocodile)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Bandipur National Park

4 Verified records at Bandipur National Park

🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) is a medium-sized broad-snouted crocodile, also known as mugger and marsh crocodile. It is native to freshwater habitats from south-eastern Iran to the Indian subcontinent, where it inhabits marshes, lakes, rivers and artificial ponds. It rarely reaches a body length of 5 m (16 ft 5 in) and is a powerful swimmer, but also walks on land in search of suitable waterbodies during the hot season. Both young and adult mugger crocodiles dig burrows to which they retreat when the ambient temperature drops below 5 °C (41 °F) or exceeds 38 °C (100 °F). Females dig holes in the sand as nesting sites and lay up to 46 eggs during the dry season. The sex of hatchlings depends on temperature during incubation. Wikipedia →

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Mugger Crocodile at Bandipur National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	70–80%
2	Chitwan National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	70–80%
3	Wilpattu National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	70–80%
4	Ranthambore National Park	🇮🇳 India	70–80%
5	Royal Bardia National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	40–50%
6	Satpura National Park	🇮🇳 India	30–40%
7	Minneriya National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	20–30%
8	Jim Corbett National Park	🇮🇳 India	10–20%
9	Bandipur National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data
10	Nagarhole National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data

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