Breeding features

BREEDING FEATURES

  • In crocodilians, scent glands in the lower jaw and cloaca secrete attractant chemical agents .
  • Neck –rubbing and tail-thrashing are the courting activities in addition to the circling around one another.
  • In females, mild turning of the body with raising of tail is seen in females for mating purpose.
  • These animals are the egg layers.
  • About 50-70 eggs are laid in a clutch.
  • Fifty to seventy days is the incubation period.
  • Before egg laying, the female crocodile builds the nest of loose vegetation and twigs.
  • Many females may even bury the eggs in sand and it is the temperature that has an effective influence over the determination of sex in the developing egg.

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