What is New Guinea crocodile?
{{Speciesbox | name = New Guinea crocodile | image = Buaya Irian Crocodylus novaeguineae Bandung Zoo.JPG | image_caption = New Guinea crocodile at Bandung Zoo in [[West Java]], Indonesia | status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn | author = Crocodile Specialist Group | title = ''Crocodylus novaeguineae'' | volume = 1996 | page = e.T46591A11064857 | date = 1996 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T46591A11064857.en }}</ref> | genus = Crocodylus | species = novaeguineae | authority = (Schmidt, 1928) | synonyms = ''C. n. novaeguineae'' | synonyms_ref = | range_map = Crocodylus novaeguineae Distribution.png | range_map_caption = Range shown in green (including Hall's New Guinea crocodile) }} The '''New Guinea crocodile''' (''Crocodylus novaeguineae'') is a type of [[crocodile]]. It lives on the island of [[New Guinea]]. The habitat of the New Guinea crocodile is mostly freshwater [[swamps]] and [[lakes]]. It is very active at night when it feeds on fish and other small animals. ==Reproduction== A female crocodile lays a clutch of [[Egg (biology)|eggs]] in a [[nest]] made of different plants. The female crocodile stays close to guard the nest. ==Conservation== This crocodile was over-hunted for its skin in the middle of the 20th century, but because of conservation it no longer an [[endangered species]]. It is reared in [[ranches]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/46591/11064857 |author=Crocodile specialist group |date=1996 |title=Crocodylus novaeguineae}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Crocodilia]] [[Category:Animals of Oceania]] {{Biology-stub}}