What is West African crocodile?
{{speciesbox | name = West African crocodile | image = Bazoule sacred crocodiles MS 6709cropped.JPG | image_caption = Specimen in [[Bazoulé]], [[Burkina Faso]] | genus = Crocodylus | species = suchus | authority = [[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|Geoffroy]], 1807 | synonyms = *''C. niloticus suchus'' }} The '''West African crocodile''' or '''desert crocodile''' (''Crocodylus suchus'') is a species of [[crocodile]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Crocodylus suchus|url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Crocodylus&species=suchus|access-date=2020-08-22|website=The Reptile Database}}</ref> ==Where they live== The West African crocodile lives in West and [[Central Africa]]. From the east to [[South Sudan]] and [[Uganda]], and south of [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. Other countries where they live include [[Mauritania]], [[Benin]], [[Liberia]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Nigeria]], [[Niger]], [[Cameroon]], [[Chad]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Senegal]], [[Mali]], [[Guinea]], [[Gambia]], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Ghana]], [[Gabon]], [[Togo]], [[Ivory Coast]] and [[Republic of Congo]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Crocodilians of Africa]] {{biology-stub}}