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Sonic Elements Species Safari: Reptilia

Next up we meet Family Reptilia, Home and housing of our Reptilian Distant Cousins. be them Scaly Lizards , slithery Snakes , shelly Turtles or chompy Crocs

Lepidosauria: Aoraki The Tuatara, Vernae The True Lizard, Lurk The Skink, Smaug The Sungazer, Blink The Gecko, Sonora The Gila Monster, Prowler The Monitor Lizard, Kolo-Kai The Komodo Dragon, Igneous The Land Iguana, Briney The Marine Iguana, Recon The Common Chameleon, Guise The Leaf Chameleon, Sly The Horned Chameleon, Camo The Parson's Chameleon, Dogma The Agama, Lapis The Water Dragon, Prickles The Bearded Dragon, Tine The Thorny Devil, Swoop The Flying Lizard, Hood The Frilled Lizard, Jesus The Basilisk.

Ophidia: Kobura The Cobra, Cersei The Taipan, Ventral The Sea Krait, Apais The Black Mamba, Baipa The Viper, Maraca The Rattlesnake, Smoke The Puff Adder, Anakonda The Anaconda Boa, Rikuta The Reticulated Python, Motley The Rainbow Boa, Paison The Burmese Python, Mugai The Hognose Snake, Zippy The Boomslang, Frisbee The Flying Snake, Pergola The Garter Snake.

Testudines: Blox The Box Turtle, Skid The Slider, Blocker The Big-Headed Turtle, Dabra Pegos The Tortoise, Clamp The Snapping Turtle, Miry The Softshell Turtle, Verdant The Green Sea Turtle, Current The Leatherback Sea Turtle.

Crocodilia: Drown The Saltwater Crocodile, Swamp The Acutus Crocodile, Drench The Common Alligator, Zoige The Muddy Alligator, Rivera The Caiman, Rummy The Gharial.

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Gharial

Gavialis Gangeticus

Habitat: Wide slow moving rivers in South Asia.

Length: They can get up to 20ft long and can weigh from 350-550 plbs.

Diet: Adults will eat mainly fish while juveniles also hunt insects, crustaceans, and frogs.

Venom Toxicity: none

Cool Facts

They have very long narrow jaws so they can quickly move it in the water to help them catch their prey and thekr 100 ish teeth also help them hold on to the slippery fish.

They were on the brink of extinction in the 1970s and even now their current range is only a small fraction of what it was. Many steps have been taken to preserve the species such as harvesting wild eggs then reintroducing the young back into the wild. The process ensures that almost all of the young survive the most dangerous part of their life so they have a greater chance of reaching adulthood.

Predation is not the biggest reason of their number decline. People have depleted the fish stocks in many river so much so that even with the egg harvesting and reintroduction that many of the young cant survive.

The Gharial is also known as a Gavial because of Europeans misreading. Gharial is derived from the word ghara meaning mud pot.