🐊 Saltwater crocodile report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the saltwater crocodile page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the saltwater crocodile
Crocodylus porosus · Grades 1–2
| Length | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | not checked yet: look it up! |
Read about it
The saltwater crocodile is the biggest reptile. It can swim in rivers and in the sea. Its eyes and nose stick up out of the water.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- US Fish and Wildlife Service rule, Federal Register 24 June 1996 (govinfo.gov), govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-06-24/html/96-15790.htm, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the saltwater crocodile
Crocodylus porosus · Grades 3–4
| Length | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | not checked yet: look it up! |
Read about it
Its eyes, ears and nostrils sit on top of its head, so it can float with almost all of its body hidden underwater. Unlike most crocodiles, it can live in salty sea water and sometimes swims between islands. A mother guards her nest and carries her babies gently in her mouth.
Where it lives (its habitat):
What it eats:
How its body helps it live there:
My favorite fact:
A question I still have:
Where my facts came from
- US Fish and Wildlife Service rule, Federal Register 24 June 1996 (govinfo.gov), govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-06-24/html/96-15790.htm, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the saltwater crocodile
Crocodylus porosus · Grades 5–6
| Length | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | not checked yet: look it up! |
Read about it
Saltwater crocodiles are the largest living reptiles. Special glands on the tongue let them get rid of extra salt, so they can travel along coasts and out to sea. They are patient hunters that wait at the water's edge. Hunting made them rare in many places, but protection has helped them come back in northern Australia.
Habitat and range: where on Earth, and what the place is like:
Diet: what it eats, and what might eat it:
Adaptations: two ways its body or habits help it survive:
Is it in danger? Why or why not?:
Compare it with another animal you know:
Bibliography: write each source below as site, page title, date checked:
Where my facts came from
- US Fish and Wildlife Service rule, Federal Register 24 June 1996 (govinfo.gov), govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-06-24/html/96-15790.htm, checked 2026-10-30