Subspecies in India
This species is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Crocodylus palustris - Mugger Crocodile
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Type Locality: India mainland
Common, known to be found throughout India, except Trans-Himalayas (Choudhury and de Silva, 2013).
Conservation Status:
This species is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).The species can be found in freshwater habitats, such as rivers, lakes, reservoirs, hills streams, ponds and man-made tanks, and sometimes in coastal saltwater lagoons too (Choudhury and de Silva, 2013). In India, there are many human-mugger conflict cases reported (Choudhury and de Silva, 2013). In the last 75 years, there is a past 30% population decline of Muggers, which is caused by habitat destruction, rampant fishing, egg predations by human and dogs, illegal poaching for skin and meat consumption (Choudhury and de Silva, 2013).
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Crocodylus palustris (Lesson, 1831) – Mugger Crocodile. In Kamdar, A. and K. Kunte. (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. v.1.26. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianreptiles.org/crocodylus-palustris, accessed 2025/10/29.