Len Webb Ecological Images Collection
Freshwater crocodile at edge of "casual" water-hole or lagoon - i.e. it fluctuates in depth with seasonal (monsoonal) rains. Striking red flowers fallen from nearby "freshwater mangrove" (Barringtonia racemosa) on top of flood debris.
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Image No. 19-109Fauna -- Crocodiles (Freshwater)
Freshwater crocodile
Near Coen, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
1950s
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Photograph courtesy of J.L.H. Wassell.