Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles):
countries and regions with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
Congo-Brazzaville
 4
No. 2
Congo-Kinshasa
 4
No. 3
Angola
 3
No. 4
Benin
 3
No. 5
Borneo [Brunei / Indonesia / Malaysia]
 3
No. 6
Burkina Faso
 3
No. 7
Cabinda [Angola]
 3
No. 8
Cameroon
 3
No. 9
Central African Republic
 3
No. 10
Equatorial Guinea
 3
No. 11
Gabon
 3
No. 12
Gambia
 3
No. 13
Ghana
 3
No. 14
Guinea
 3
No. 15
Guinea-Bissau
 3
No. 16
Indonesia
 3
No. 17
Ivory Coast
 3
No. 18
Liberia
 3
No. 19
Nigeria
 3
No. 20
Rio Muni [Equatorial Guinea]
 3
No. 21
Senegal
 3
No. 22
Sierra Leone
 3
No. 23
Togo
 3
No. 24
Australia
 2
No. 25
Belize
 2
No. 26
Bijagos Archipelago [Guinea-Bissau]
 2
No. 27
Brunei
 2
No. 28
Burundi
 2
No. 29
Cambodia
 2
No. 30
Campeche [Mexico]
 2
No. 31
Chiapas [Mexico]
 2
No. 32
Colombia
 2
No. 33
Cuba
 2
No. 34
Eastern New Guinea [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 35
Guatemala
 2
No. 36
India
 2
No. 37
Isla de la Juventud [Cuba]
 2
No. 38
Kalimantan [Indonesia]
 2
No. 39
Luzon [Philippines]
 2
No. 40
Malaysia
 2
No. 41
Mali
 2
No. 42
Mexico
 2
No. 43
New Guinea [Indonesia / Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 44
Northern Territory [Australia]
 2
No. 45
Oaxaca [Mexico]
 2
No. 46
Odisha [India]
 2
No. 47
Papua New Guinea
 2
No. 48
Philippines
 2
No. 49
Queensland [Australia]
 2
No. 50
Quintana Roo [Mexico]
 2
No. 51
Sarawak [Malaysia]
 2
No. 52
Sri Lanka
 2
No. 53
Tabasco [Mexico]
 2
No. 54
Tanzania
 2
No. 55
Thailand
 2
No. 56
Venezuela
 2
No. 57
Veracruz [Mexico]
 2
No. 58
Vietnam
 2
No. 59
West Bengal [India]
 2
No. 60
Western Australia [Australia]
 2
No. 61
Western New Guinea [Indonesia]
 2
No. 62
Yucatan [Mexico]
 2
No. 63
Zambia
 2
No. 64
Admiralty Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 65
Ambon [Indonesia]
 1
No. 66
Andaman & Nicobar Islands [India]
 1
No. 67
Andaman Islands [India]
 1
No. 68
Andhra Pradesh [India]
 1
No. 69
Aru Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 70
Babi Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 71
Babuyan Islands [Philippines]
 1
No. 72
Bacan [Indonesia]
 1
No. 73
Bangladesh
 1
No. 74
Banyak Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 75
Barbareta [Honduras]
 1
No. 76
Bazaruto [Mozambique]
 1
No. 77
Bazaruto Archipelago [Mozambique]
 1
No. 78
Benguerua [Mozambique]
 1
No. 79
Bhutan
 1
No. 80
Bioko [Equatorial Guinea]
 1
No. 81
Bismarck Archipelago [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 82
Botswana
 1
No. 83
Bougainville [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 84
Buru [Indonesia]
 1
No. 85
Buton [Indonesia]
 1
No. 86
Calamian Islands [Philippines]
 1
No. 87
Catanduanes [Philippines]
 1
No. 88
Cebu [Philippines]
 1
No. 89
Chad
 1
No. 90
Chuuk State [Micronesia]
 1
No. 91
Colima [Mexico]
 1
No. 92
Comoro Archipelago [Comoro Islands / France]
 1
No. 93
Costa Rica
 1
No. 94
Cozumel [Mexico]
 1
No. 95
Culion [Philippines]
 1
No. 96
Curacao [Netherlands]
 1
No. 97
Dalupiri (Babuyan Islands) [Philippines]
 1
No. 98
Delhi [India]
 1
No. 99
d'Entrecasteaux Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 100
Dinagat [Philippines]
 1
No. 101
Dominican Republic
 1
No. 102
East Timor
 1
No. 103
Ecuador
 1
No. 104
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
 1
No. 105
Egypt
 1
No. 106
El Salvador
 1
No. 107
Eritrea
 1
No. 108
Eswatini
 1
No. 109
Ethiopia
 1
No. 110
Fergusson [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 111
Flores [Indonesia]
 1
No. 112
Florida [USA]
 1
No. 113
Gauteng [South Africa]
 1
No. 114
Goa [India]
 1
No. 115
Great Inagua [Bahamas]
 1
No. 116
Great Inagua Bank [Bahamas]
 1
No. 117
Grenada
 1
No. 118
Grenada Island [Grenada]
 1
No. 119
Guanaja [Honduras]
 1
No. 120
Guerrero [Mexico]
 1
No. 121
Gujarat [India]
 1
No. 122
Haiti
 1
No. 123
Halmahera [Indonesia]
 1
No. 124
Haryana [India]
 1
No. 125
Hidalgo [Mexico]
 1
No. 126
Honduras
 1
No. 127
Iran
 1
No. 128
Islas de la Bahia [Honduras]
 1
No. 129
Islas Marias [Mexico]
 1
No. 130
Jalisco [Mexico]
 1
No. 131
Jamaica
 1
No. 132
Jammu & Kashmir [India]
 1
No. 133
Java [Indonesia]
 1
No. 134
Jharkhand [India]
 1
No. 135
Jolo [Philippines]
 1
No. 136
Kai Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 137
Karnataka [India]
 1
No. 138
Kenya
 1
No. 139
Kerala [India]
 1
No. 140
KwaZulu-Natal [South Africa]
 1
No. 141
Laos
 1
No. 142
Lifou [New Caledonia]
 1
No. 143
Limpopo [South Africa]
 1
No. 144
Lombok [Indonesia]
 1
No. 145
Loyalty Islands [New Caledonia]
 1
No. 146
Madagascar
 1
No. 147
Madhya Pradesh [India]
 1
No. 148
Maharashtra [India]
 1
No. 149
Malawi
 1
No. 150
Manus [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 151
Maria Madre [Mexico]
 1
No. 152
Masbate [Philippines]
 1
No. 153
Mauritania
 1
No. 154
Michoacan [Mexico]
 1
No. 155
Micronesia
 1
No. 156
Mindanao [Philippines]
 1
No. 157
Mindoro [Philippines]
 1
No. 158
Mozambique
 1
No. 159
Mpumalanga [South Africa]
 1
No. 160
Mujeres [Mexico]
 1
No. 161
Myanmar
 1
No. 162
Namibia
 1
No. 163
Nauru
 1
No. 164
Nayarit [Mexico]
 1
No. 165
Negros [Philippines]
 1
No. 166
Nepal
 1
No. 167
New Britain [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 168
New Caledonia [France]
 1
No. 169
New Ireland [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 170
Nicaragua
 1
No. 171
Nicobar Islands [India]
 1
No. 172
North Solomon Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 173
North West Province [South Africa]
 1
No. 174
Nosy Be [Madagascar]
 1
No. 175
Pakistan
 1
No. 176
Palau
 1
No. 177
Panama
 1
No. 178
Peru
 1
No. 179
Pohnpei [Micronesia]
 1
No. 180
Punjab [India]
 1
No. 181
Rajasthan [India]
 1
No. 182
Riau Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 183
Rinca [Indonesia]
 1
No. 184
Roatan [Honduras]
 1
No. 185
Rwanda
 1
No. 186
Sabah [Malaysia]
 1
No. 187
Samar [Philippines]
 1
No. 188
San Luis Potosi [Mexico]
 1
No. 189
Sanana [Indonesia]
 1
No. 190
Santa Cruz Islands [Solomon Islands]
 1
No. 191
Seram [Indonesia]
 1
No. 192
Seychelles
 1
No. 193
Simeulue [Indonesia]
 1
No. 194
Sinaloa [Mexico]
 1
No. 195
Singapore
 1
No. 196
Solomon Archipelago [Papua New Guinea / Solomon Islands]
 1
No. 197
Solomon Islands
 1
No. 198
Somalia
 1
No. 199
South Africa
 1
No. 200
South Sudan
 1
No. 201
Sudan
 1
No. 202
Sula Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 203
Sulawesi [Indonesia]
 1
No. 204
Sulu Islands [Philippines]
 1
No. 205
Sumatra [Indonesia]
 1
No. 206
Sumba [Indonesia]
 1
No. 207
Sumbawa [Indonesia]
 1
No. 208
Talaud Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 209
Tamaulipas [Mexico]
 1
No. 210
Tamil Nadu [India]
 1
No. 211
Tanimbar Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 212
Ternate [Indonesia]
 1
No. 213
Timor [East Timor / Indonesia]
 1
No. 214
Trinidad [Trinidad & Tobago]
 1
No. 215
Trinidad & Tobago
 1
No. 216
Uganda
 1
No. 217
USA
 1
No. 218
Utila [Honduras]
 1
No. 219
Uttar Pradesh [India]
 1
No. 220
Uttarakhand [India]
 1
No. 221
Vanuatu
 1
No. 222
Waigeo [Indonesia]
 1
No. 223
West Malaysia [Malaysia]
 1
No. 224
Yap State [Micronesia]
 1
No. 225
Zanzibar [Tanzania]
 1
No. 226
Zimbabwe
 1