What is Dwarf crocodile?
{{Speciesbox | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Miocene|Recent|ref=<ref name=fossilworks>{{cite web |url=http://fossilworks.org/?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=38453 |title=''Osteolaemus'' Cope 1860 |work=Paleobiology Database |publisher=Fossilworks |access-date=17 September 2018 |archive-date=17 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917181710/http://fossilworks.org/?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=38453 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} | image = Crocodile nain aquarium porte dorée Paris.JPG | status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn | author = Crocodile Specialist Group | title = Osteolaemus tetraspis | volume = 1996 | page = e.T15635A4931429 | date = 1996 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15635A4931429.en }}</ref> | display_parents = 3 | parent_authority = [[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1861 | taxon = Osteolaemus tetraspis | authority = Cope, 1861 | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = *''O. t. tetraspis'' {{small|Cope, 1861}} *''O. t. osborni'' {{small|([[Karl Patterson Schmidt|Schmidt]], 1919)}} | range_map = Osteolaemus_tetraspis_Distribution.png | range_map_caption = Range of the dwarf crocodile in green }} The '''dwarf crocodile''' (''Osteolaemus tetraspis''), is an African [[crocodile]]. It is the smallest [[extant]] (living) specie of crocodile.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fossilworks: Osteolaemus|url=http://fossilworks.org/?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=38453|access-date=2020-08-21|website=fossilworks.org|archive-date=2019-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916184710/http://fossilworks.org/?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=38453|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dwarf crocodiles can reach an average adult length of 1.5 m (4.9 ft). The biggest recorded length for this species is 1.9 m (6.2 ft). Adult ones can weigh between 18 and 32 kg (40 and 71 lsb). The biggest females can be as heavy as 40 kg (88 lb), while the biggest males can weigh up to 80 kg (180 lb). The dwarf crocodile is a shy and mainly [[nocturnal]]. It spends the day hiding in [[pool]]s or [[burrows]]. Although, it oc