A mated pair of large saltwater crocodiles lie sun-baking on the mudflats of the tidal Mowbray River in Tropical Queensland in Australia.


The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is a crocodilian native to saltwater habitats, brackish wetlands and freshwater rivers from India's east coast across Southeast Asia and the Sundaic region to northern Australia and Micronesia.


Size: 4535px × 2885px
Location: Mowbray River, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia
Photo credit: © Photography By Marco / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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