Closeup up of the skin of a nile crocodile, crocodylus niloticus, basking in the sun of the masai Mara, Kenya. This background texture shows all the i

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Closeup up of the skin of a nile crocodile, crocodylus niloticus, basking in the sun of the masai Mara, Kenya. This background texture shows all the interlocking armoured scales.

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Size: 4748px × 3167px
Location: Masai Mara, Kenya
Photo credit: © Jane Rix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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