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{{Taxobox
| name = Mugger crocodile
| status = VU
| status_system = iucn3.1
| image = PK Kirthar NP asv2020-02 img25.jpg
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[reptile|Sauropsida]]
| ordo = [[Crocodilia]]
| familia = [[Crocodylidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Crocodylinae]]
| genus = ''[[Crocodylus]]''
| binomial = ''Crocodylus palustris''
| binomial_authority = [[René-Primevère Lesson|Lesson]], 1831
| range_map = Crocodylus palustris Distribution.png
| range_map_caption = Distribution of ''Crocodylus palustris''}}

The '''mugger crocodile''' (''Crocodylus palustris'') is also known as the marsh crocodile, broad-snouted crocodile and mugger.

It lives in the [[Indian subcontinent]] and nearby countries. In [[Pakistan]]'s coastal regions of the Makran and delta marshlands of [[Sindh]], it is known as the Indus crocodile. The name "Mugger" is a corruption of the [[Urdu]] word magar which means "water monster". It is one of three crocodilians in India, the others are the [[saltwater crocodile]] (''C. porosus'') and [[gharial]] (''Gavialis gangeticus'').<ref name=Singh2006>{{cite journal |author1=Singh, L.A.K. |name-list-style=amp |author2=Kar, S.K. |year=2006 |title=Status of the saltwater crocodile in Orissa: an overview |journal=Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |volume= 103 |issue=2–3 |pages=274–285}}</ref>

[[File:Marsh Crocodiles basking in the sun.JPG|thumb|National reptile of Pakistan]]
Mugger crocodile hatchlings are pale olive with black spots. Adults are dark olive to grey or brown. The head is rough without any ridges.

The mugger crocodile is a medium-sized [[Crocodilia|crocodilian]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=http://www.iucncsg.org/365_docs/attachments/protarea/17_C-f8ad64af.pdf|title=Mugger Crocodile Crocodylus palustris|last=Da Silva|first=A. & Lenin, J.|publisher=|year=2010|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref> It has a strong tail and webbed feet. It has good sense of smell, sight and hearing. Adult female muggers are 2 to 2.5 m (6 ft 7 in to 8 ft 2 in) on average. Adult male muggers are 3 to 3.5 m (9 ft 10 in to 11 ft 6 in). They rarely grow up to 5 m (16 ft 5 in). The largest known muggers measured 5.63 m (18 ft 6 in).

== Distribution and habitat ==
The mugger crocodile can be found in southern [[Iran]], [[Pakistan]], [[Nepal]], [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]], but is probably extinct in [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Lanka)|first1=Anslem de Silva (CBSG Sri Lanka Network / Rajarata Univeristy of Sri|last2=India)|first2=B. Choudhury (SRLI Reptile Assessment / Wildlife Institite of|date=2009-06-30|title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Crocodylus palustris|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/en|access-date=2021-01-30|website=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species}}</ref> It lives in freshwater [[Lake|lakes]], [[River|rivers]] and [[Marsh|marshes]]. It prefers slow-moving, shallow water bodies. It is also known to live in artificial [[Reservoir|reservoirs]] and [[irrigation]] [[Canal|canals]].<ref name=":0" />

== Behaviour ==
The mugger crocodile is a very strong swimmer that uses its tail and hind feet to move forward, change direction and go under the water. Its belly touches the ground at the bottom of [[Body of water|waterbodies]] and on [[land]]. During the hot [[dry season]], it walks over land at night to find better [[Wetland|wetlands]]. It spends most of the day under the water. During the cold season it [[Basking|basks]] on riverbanks and they tolerate one another during this period. They are more aggressive during the [[mating season]].

The mugger crocodile has an optimal body temperature of 30 to 35 °C (86 to 95 °F). It will die of [[freezing]] or [[hyperthermia]] when exposed to temperatures below 5 °C (41 °F) or above 38 °C (100 °F). It digs burrows to get away from extreme temperatures. [[Burrow|Burrows]] are between 0.6 and 6 m (2.0 and 19.7 ft) deep. Temperatures inside the burrows keep constant.

== References ==
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[[Category:Reptiles of Pakistan]]
[[Category:National symbols of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Crocodilians of Asia]]

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