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Largest Habitat of Endangered Estuarine Crocodiles
July 3 , 2018
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- The Bhitarkanika national park has become the largest habitat of the endangered estuarine crocodiles in the country with a record number of their nesting sites spotted in it.
- The nesting spots had registered 25% rise this year.
- At least 1698 crocodiles, including albino species, were counted this year along the water-bodies of Mahanadi delta region, while the figure recorded last year stood at 1682.
- A female crocodile lays 50 to 60 eggs and the hatchlings usually emerge from the nests after 70 to 80 days of incubation period
- Estuarine crocodiles are also found in West Bengals Sundarban areas having the country's largest mangrove cover.
- Besides, the mangrove wetlands in the Andaman Islands are home to these species.
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