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English: Sizes of the saltwater crocodile.
  • The "very large male" individual is based on measurements in Britton et al. (2012).[1] Although larger specimens have been reported, their sizes are only estimates based on available imagery or skull sizes.
  • The "typical adult male" is based on Basu et al. (2023).[2]
  • The "very large female" individual is based on Wood (1983).[3]
  • The "typical adult female" is based on measurements in Kay (2004)[4] and Campbell et al. (2013).[5]

The human scaled to 180 cm.

C. porosus silhouette based on Grigg & Gans (1993)[6] and Britton et al. (2012).[1]

The human silhouette extracted from File:Large_crocodyliformes.svg.
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  1. ↑ a b (2012). "Here be a Dragon: Exceptional size in Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) from the Philippines". Herpetological Review 43 (4): 541–546.
  2. ↑ (2023). "Indian Saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801) and their conservation perspective". Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae 1 (8): 199–212.
  3. ↑ Wood, G. (1983) The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats, Guinness Superlatives, p. 256 ISBN: 978-0-85112-235-9.
  4. ↑ Kay, W. R. (2004). "Movements and home ranges of radio-tracked Crocodylus porosus in the Cambridge Gulf region of Western Australia". Wildlife Research 31 (5): 495–508. DOI:10.1071/WR04037.
  5. ↑ Campbell, H. A. (2013). "Home range utilisation and long-range movement of estuarine crocodiles during the breeding and nesting season". PLOS ONE 8 (5): e62127. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0062127. PMID 23650510. PMC: 3641080.
  6. ↑ Grigg, G.. Morphology & Physiology of Crocodylia. Australian Government- Department of the Environment. Retrieved on 21 July 2025.

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Sizes of the saltwater crocodile, with human to scale.

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Crocodylus porosus

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18 July 2025

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current12:46, 1 November 20254,195 × 1,890 (186 KB)Bohdan R.Reverted to version as of 12:38, 26 July 2025 (UTC). According to the primary source for Lolong's measurements (Britton et al. 2012), Lolong's total length using "measurement method B" (table 1 in the article) is 6095 mm, rounded to 6.1 m on this illustration. Per fig. 2 of the article, method B is the one that measures the actual length of the crocodile, while method A measures the length of its silhouette's contour, which was indeed measured 6170 mm.

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