![]() ![]() Their salinity tolerance means they can be found in a wide range of environments, from offshore waters to inland creeks (Swimmers beware - unless you're taking your dip in a cement pool, you may have more company than you've bargained for!) Reptiles - Snakesįar North Queensland, including the Daintree Rainforest near Cape Tribulation, has many different kinds of snakes which fall into one of four categories:n: elapids (front-fanged), colubrids (back-fanged and solid-fanged), pythons (boids), and blind snakes (typhlopids). The name "saltwater crocodile" is a bit of a misnomer as they can tolerate water with a wide range of salinities, from no salt to water twice as salty as average sea water. These huge (up to 6 or more metres in length) animals, little-changed from the days of the dinosaurs, are highly efficient predators, capable of rapid motion when hunting and having one of the most forceful bites in the animal kingdom. ![]() The saltwater, or estuarine crocodile, Crocodylus porosus is one of Australia's and the Daintree's biggest, scariest animals and possibly the most dangerous. Reptiles - Crocodiles Saltwater crocodile ![]()
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