Which countries and regions have most crocodilian species?

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically


Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
Brazil
 6
No. 2
Colombia
 6
No. 3
Bolivia
 5
No. 4
Ecuador
 5
No. 5
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
 5
No. 6
Mato Grosso [Brazil]
 5
No. 7
Peru
 5
No. 8
Rondonia [Brazil]
 5
No. 9
Venezuela
 5
No. 10
Acre [Brazil]
 4
No. 11
Amapa [Brazil]
 4
No. 12
Amazonas [Brazil]
 4
No. 13
Borneo [Brunei / Indonesia / Malaysia]
 4
No. 14
Congo-Brazzaville
 4
No. 15
Congo-Kinshasa
 4
No. 16
French Guiana [France]
 4
No. 17
Goias [Brazil]
 4
No. 18
Guyana
 4
No. 19
Indonesia
 4
No. 20
Marajo Island [Brazil]
 4
No. 21
Para [Brazil]
 4
No. 22
Roraima [Brazil]
 4
No. 23
Surinam
 4
No. 24
Angola
 3
No. 25
Benin
 3
No. 26
Brunei
 3
No. 27
Burkina Faso
 3
No. 28
Cabinda [Angola]
 3
No. 29
Cameroon
 3
No. 30
Central African Republic
 3
No. 31
Chiapas [Mexico]
 3
No. 32
Equatorial Guinea
 3
No. 33
Gabon
 3
No. 34
Gambia
 3
No. 35
Ghana
 3
No. 36
Guatemala
 3
No. 37
Guinea
 3
No. 38
Guinea-Bissau
 3
No. 39
India
 3
No. 40
Ivory Coast
 3
No. 41
Kalimantan [Indonesia]
 3
No. 42
Liberia
 3
No. 43
Malaysia
 3
No. 44
Maranhao [Brazil]
 3
No. 45
Mato Grosso do Sul [Brazil]
 3
No. 46
Mexico
 3
No. 47
Nigeria
 3
No. 48
Odisha [India]
 3
No. 49
Paraguay
 3
No. 50
Rio Muni [Equatorial Guinea]
 3
No. 51
Sao Paulo [Brazil]
 3
No. 52
Sarawak [Malaysia]
 3
No. 53
Senegal
 3
No. 54
Sierra Leone
 3
No. 55
Thailand
 3
No. 56
Tocantins [Brazil]
 3
No. 57
Togo
 3
No. 58
Trinidad [Trinidad & Tobago]
 3
No. 59
Trinidad & Tobago
 3
No. 60
West Bengal [India]
 3
No. 61
Alagoas [Brazil]
 2
No. 62
Argentina
 2
No. 63
Australia
 2
No. 64
Bahia [Brazil]
 2
No. 65
Belize
 2
No. 66
Bijagos Archipelago [Guinea-Bissau]
 2
No. 67
Burundi
 2
No. 68
Cambodia
 2
No. 69
Campeche [Mexico]
 2
No. 70
Ceara [Brazil]
 2
No. 71
Costa Rica
 2
No. 72
Cuba
 2
No. 73
Delhi [India]
 2
No. 74
Distrito Federal (Brazil) [Brazil]
 2
No. 75
Eastern New Guinea [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 76
El Salvador
 2
No. 77
Florida [USA]
 2
No. 78
Grenada
 2
No. 79
Honduras
 2
No. 80
Isla de la Juventud [Cuba]
 2
No. 81
Java [Indonesia]
 2
No. 82
Luzon [Philippines]
 2
No. 83
Madhya Pradesh [India]
 2
No. 84
Mali
 2
No. 85
Minas Gerais [Brazil]
 2
No. 86
Nepal
 2
No. 87
New Guinea [Indonesia / Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 88
Nicaragua
 2
No. 89
Northern Territory [Australia]
 2
No. 90
Oaxaca [Mexico]
 2
No. 91
Panama
 2
No. 92
Papua New Guinea
 2
No. 93
Paraiba [Brazil]
 2
No. 94
Pernambuco [Brazil]
 2
No. 95
Philippines
 2
No. 96
Piaui [Brazil]
 2
No. 97
Queensland [Australia]
 2
No. 98
Quintana Roo [Mexico]
 2
No. 99
Rajasthan [India]
 2
No. 100
Rio Grande do Norte [Brazil]
 2
No. 101
Sergipe [Brazil]
 2
No. 102
Sri Lanka
 2
No. 103
Sumatra [Indonesia]
 2
No. 104
Tabasco [Mexico]
 2
No. 105
Tanzania
 2
No. 106
USA
 2
No. 107
Uttar Pradesh [India]
 2
No. 108
Uttarakhand [India]
 2
No. 109
Veracruz [Mexico]
 2
No. 110
Vietnam
 2
No. 111
West Malaysia [Malaysia]
 2
No. 112
Western Australia [Australia]
 2
No. 113
Western New Guinea [Indonesia]
 2
No. 114
Yucatan [Mexico]
 2
No. 115
Zambia
 2
No. 116
Admiralty Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 117
Alabama [USA]
 1
No. 118
Ambon [Indonesia]
 1
No. 119
Andaman & Nicobar Islands [India]
 1
No. 120
Andaman Islands [India]
 1
No. 121
Andhra Pradesh [India]
 1
No. 122
Anhui [China]
 1
No. 123
Arkansas [USA]
 1
No. 124
Aru Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 125
Assam [India]
 1
No. 126
Babi Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 127
Babuyan Islands [Philippines]
 1
No. 128
Bacan [Indonesia]
 1
No. 129
Bangladesh
 1
No. 130
Banyak Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 131
Barbareta [Honduras]
 1
No. 132
Bazaruto [Mozambique]
 1
No. 133
Bazaruto Archipelago [Mozambique]
 1
No. 134
Benguerua [Mozambique]
 1
No. 135
Bhutan
 1
No. 136
Bihar [India]
 1
No. 137
Bioko [Equatorial Guinea]
 1
No. 138
Bismarck Archipelago [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 139
Botswana
 1
No. 140
Bougainville [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 141
Buru [Indonesia]
 1
No. 142
Buton [Indonesia]
 1
No. 143
Calamian Islands [Philippines]
 1
No. 144
Catanduanes [Philippines]
 1
No. 145
Cebu [Philippines]
 1
No. 146
Chad
 1
No. 147
China
 1
No. 148
Chuuk State [Micronesia]
 1
No. 149
Colima [Mexico]
 1
No. 150
Comoro Archipelago [Comoro Islands / France]
 1
No. 151
Cozumel [Mexico]
 1
No. 152
Culion [Philippines]
 1
No. 153
Curacao [Netherlands]
 1
No. 154
Dalupiri (Babuyan Islands) [Philippines]
 1
No. 155
d'Entrecasteaux Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 156
Dinagat [Philippines]
 1
No. 157
Dominican Republic
 1
No. 158
East Timor
 1
No. 159
Egypt
 1
No. 160
Eritrea
 1
No. 161
Espirito Santo [Brazil]
 1
No. 162
Eswatini
 1
No. 163
Ethiopia
 1
No. 164
Fergusson [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 165
Flores [Indonesia]
 1
No. 166
Gauteng [South Africa]
 1
No. 167
Georgia [USA]
 1
No. 168
Great Inagua [Bahamas]
 1
No. 169
Great Inagua Bank [Bahamas]
 1
No. 170
Grenada Island [Grenada]
 1
No. 171
Grenadines [Grenada / Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
 1
No. 172
Guanaja [Honduras]
 1
No. 173
Guerrero [Mexico]
 1
No. 174
Halmahera [Indonesia]
 1
No. 175
Haryana [India]
 1
No. 176
Hidalgo [Mexico]
 1
No. 177
Iran
 1
No. 178
Islas de la Bahia [Honduras]
 1
No. 179
Islas Marias [Mexico]
 1
No. 180
Jalisco [Mexico]
 1
No. 181
Jamaica
 1
No. 182
Jammu & Kashmir [India]
 1
No. 183
Jharkhand [India]
 1
No. 184
Jiangsu [China]
 1
No. 185
Jiangxi [China]
 1
No. 186
Jolo [Philippines]
 1
No. 187
Kai Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 188
Karnataka [India]
 1
No. 189
Kenya
 1
No. 190
Kerala [India]
 1
No. 191
KwaZulu-Natal [South Africa]
 1
No. 192
Laos
 1
No. 193
Lifou [New Caledonia]
 1
No. 194
Limpopo [South Africa]
 1
No. 195
Lombok [Indonesia]
 1
No. 196
Louisiana [USA]
 1
No. 197
Loyalty Islands [New Caledonia]
 1
No. 198
Madagascar
 1
No. 199
Maharashtra [India]
 1
No. 200
Malawi
 1
No. 201
Manus [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 202
Maria Madre [Mexico]
 1
No. 203
Martinique [France]
 1
No. 204
Masbate [Philippines]
 1
No. 205
Mauritania
 1
No. 206
Michoacan [Mexico]
 1
No. 207
Micronesia
 1
No. 208
Mindanao [Philippines]
 1
No. 209
Mindoro [Philippines]
 1
No. 210
Mississippi [USA]
 1
No. 211
Mizoram [India]
 1
No. 212
Mozambique
 1
No. 213
Mpumalanga [South Africa]
 1
No. 214
Mujeres [Mexico]
 1
No. 215
Myanmar
 1
No. 216
Namibia
 1
No. 217
Nauru
 1
No. 218
Nayarit [Mexico]
 1
No. 219
Negros [Philippines]
 1
No. 220
New Britain [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 221
New Caledonia [France]
 1
No. 222
New Ireland [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 223
Nicobar Islands [India]
 1
No. 224
North Carolina [USA]
 1
No. 225
North Solomon Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 226
North West Province [South Africa]
 1
No. 227
Nosy Be [Madagascar]
 1
No. 228
Oklahoma [USA]
 1
No. 229
Pakistan
 1
No. 230
Palau
 1
No. 231
Parana [Brazil]
 1
No. 232
Pohnpei [Micronesia]
 1
No. 233
Puerto Rico
 1
No. 234
Punjab [India]
 1
No. 235
Riau Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 236
Rinca [Indonesia]
 1
No. 237
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
 1
No. 238
Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil]
 1
No. 239
Roatan [Honduras]
 1
No. 240
Rwanda
 1
No. 241
Sabah [Malaysia]
 1
No. 242
Samar [Philippines]
 1
No. 243
San Andres [Colombia]
 1
No. 244
San Andres, Providencia & Santa Catalina [Colombia]
 1
No. 245
San Luis Potosi [Mexico]
 1
No. 246
Sanana [Indonesia]
 1
No. 247
Santa Catarina [Brazil]
 1
No. 248
Santa Cruz Islands [Solomon Islands]
 1
No. 249
Seram [Indonesia]
 1
No. 250
Seychelles
 1
No. 251
Simeulue [Indonesia]
 1
No. 252
Sinaloa [Mexico]
 1
No. 253
Singapore
 1
No. 254
Solomon Archipelago [Papua New Guinea / Solomon Islands]
 1
No. 255
Solomon Islands
 1
No. 256
Somalia
 1
No. 257
South Africa
 1
No. 258
South Carolina [USA]
 1
No. 259
South Sudan
 1
No. 260
Sudan
 1
No. 261
Sula Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 262
Sulawesi [Indonesia]
 1
No. 263
Sulu Islands [Philippines]
 1
No. 264
Sumba [Indonesia]
 1
No. 265
Sumbawa [Indonesia]
 1
No. 266
Talaud Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 267
Tamaulipas [Mexico]
 1
No. 268
Tamil Nadu [India]
 1
No. 269
Tanimbar Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 270
Tennessee [USA]
 1
No. 271
Ternate [Indonesia]
 1
No. 272
Texas [USA]
 1
No. 273
Timor [East Timor / Indonesia]
 1
No. 274
Tobago [Trinidad & Tobago]
 1
No. 275
Uganda
 1
No. 276
Uruguay
 1
No. 277
Utila [Honduras]
 1
No. 278
Vanuatu
 1
No. 279
Vieques [Puerto Rico]
 1
No. 280
Waigeo [Indonesia]
 1
No. 281
Yap State [Micronesia]
 1
No. 282
Zanzibar [Tanzania]
 1
No. 283
Zhejiang [China]
 1
No. 284
Zimbabwe
 1