Salt Water Crocodile

&nbsp The Salt Water Crocodile, or Crocodylus porosus, is the largest living species of crocodilian and largest living reptilian. Although their name suggests a habitat of salt water, they ar more commonly found in rivers and estuaries. They are found in the east coast of India, parts of southeast Asia and northern Austrailia (where they commonly refered to as Salties).

Some once considered the crocdile to actually be an Alligator, due to its body's girth and the lack of armour plates compared to other crocodiles.

Although several other crocodilians rival the Salt Water Crocodile in length, namely the Gavial and Nile Crocodile, they are not as large overall due to the Salties bulk.

Bite Force
On the National Geographic program titled 'Dangerous Encounters', Braddy Barr measured an adult male Nile Crocodile's bite force. The animal bit down with over 5000 pounds of force. A simmilar study measured a large male Salt Water Crocodile's bite force at nearly 6500 pounds.

Size
The Salt Water Crocodile is the largest living crocodilian. Numerous reports of 7m+ animals exist, but none have been verified as this large. Several reoprts of large 7-8m long crocodiles have been verified, although none of the animal actually exceeded 7m in length. The largest definative Salt Water Crocodile length is from the skin of a deceased crocodile. The skin measured a total of 6.1m, however, crocodile skins shrink after death so the animals real size may have been around 6.3m.