Sunday 14 January 2024

1,811 Saltwater Crocodiles in Bhitarkanika: Annual Census 2024

The population of saltwater or estuarine crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in and around Odisha’s Bhitarkanika National Park has reached 1,811 which has been  marginally increased from last year figure 1,793.


Note : Bhitarkanika is the second-largest mangrove forest in India after the Sundarbans in West Bengal. Both areas are among the three strongholds of saltwater crocodiles — the largest reptiles in the world — in India, the third being the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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