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Fauna -- Crocodiles (Freshwater)

Freshwater crocodile

Near Coen, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland

1950s

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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.
Photograph courtesy of J.L.H. Wassell.

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