Which countries have most crocodilian species?

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country Species
No. 1
Brazil
 6
No. 2
Colombia
 6
No. 3
Bolivia
 5
No. 4
Ecuador
 5
No. 5
Peru
 5
No. 6
Venezuela
 5
No. 7
Congo-Brazzaville
 4
No. 8
Congo-Kinshasa
 4
No. 9
French Guiana [France]
 4
No. 10
Guyana
 4
No. 11
Indonesia
 4
No. 12
Surinam
 4
No. 13
Angola
 3
No. 14
Benin
 3
No. 15
Brunei
 3
No. 16
Burkina Faso
 3
No. 17
Cameroon
 3
No. 18
Central African Republic
 3
No. 19
Equatorial Guinea
 3
No. 20
Gabon
 3
No. 21
Gambia
 3
No. 22
Ghana
 3
No. 23
Guatemala
 3
No. 24
Guinea
 3
No. 25
Guinea-Bissau
 3
No. 26
India
 3
No. 27
Ivory Coast
 3
No. 28
Liberia
 3
No. 29
Malaysia
 3
No. 30
Mexico
 3
No. 31
Nigeria
 3
No. 32
Paraguay
 3
No. 33
Senegal
 3
No. 34
Sierra Leone
 3
No. 35
Thailand
 3
No. 36
Togo
 3
No. 37
Trinidad & Tobago
 3
No. 38
Argentina
 2
No. 39
Australia
 2
No. 40
Belize
 2
No. 41
Burundi
 2
No. 42
Cambodia
 2
No. 43
Costa Rica
 2
No. 44
Cuba
 2
No. 45
El Salvador
 2
No. 46
Grenada
 2
No. 47
Honduras
 2
No. 48
Mali
 2
No. 49
Nepal
 2
No. 50
Nicaragua
 2
No. 51
Panama
 2
No. 52
Papua New Guinea
 2
No. 53
Philippines
 2
No. 54
Sri Lanka
 2
No. 55
Tanzania
 2
No. 56
USA
 2
No. 57
Vietnam
 2
No. 58
Zambia
 2
No. 59
Bangladesh
 1
No. 60
Bhutan
 1
No. 61
Botswana
 1
No. 62
Chad
 1
No. 63
China
 1
No. 64
Curacao [Netherlands]
 1
No. 65
Dominican Republic
 1
No. 66
East Timor
 1
No. 67
Egypt
 1
No. 68
Eritrea
 1
No. 69
Eswatini
 1
No. 70
Ethiopia
 1
No. 71
Iran
 1
No. 72
Jamaica
 1
No. 73
Kenya
 1
No. 74
Laos
 1
No. 75
Madagascar
 1
No. 76
Malawi
 1
No. 77
Martinique [France]
 1
No. 78
Mauritania
 1
No. 79
Micronesia
 1
No. 80
Mozambique
 1
No. 81
Myanmar
 1
No. 82
Namibia
 1
No. 83
Nauru
 1
No. 84
New Caledonia [France]
 1
No. 85
Pakistan
 1
No. 86
Palau
 1
No. 87
Puerto Rico
 1
No. 88
Rwanda
 1
No. 89
Seychelles
 1
No. 90
Singapore
 1
No. 91
Solomon Islands
 1
No. 92
Somalia
 1
No. 93
South Africa
 1
No. 94
South Sudan
 1
No. 95
Sudan
 1
No. 96
Uganda
 1
No. 97
Uruguay
 1
No. 98
Vanuatu
 1
No. 99
Zimbabwe
 1