The fresh water crocodile has very sharp claws for catching prey. Crocofiles dig with their back hind legs because they are sharper then the front claws.
Crocodiles can be grey or greenish brown , with heavily mottled flanks.
The snout on the crocodile is very smooth and long. The fresh water Crocodile is a small to medium sized crocodile the male fresh water crocodile reaches up to 3.m and the females grow up to 2.3m. Recently there have been up to 30,000 to 60,000 fresh water crocodiles restricted to the Northern Territory ranges. In Fitzroy , the Ord River and Lake Argyle there is a total of 47,000 but this total was in 1994. The fresh water crocodile eats crusteaceans , insects, spiders and fish.