Adult False Gharial
The false gharial also known as the Malayan gharial, or false gavial is a freshwater crocodilian with a very thin and elongated snout. The false gharial is listed as an endangered species by IUCN as the population is estimated at below 2,500 mature individuals.
The false gharial is dark reddish-brown above with dark brown or black spots and cross-bands on the back and tail. Ventrals are grayish-white, with some lateral dark mottling.
Juveniles are mottled with black on the sides of the jaws, body, and tail. The smooth and unornamented snout is extremely long and slender, parallel sided, with a length of 3 to 3.5 times the width at the base. All teeth are long and needle-like,
Egg False Gharial
The snout is even slimmer than the snout of the Slender-snouted crocodile and comparably as slender as that of the gharial or the Freshwater crocodile.
The false gharial is a large
crocodilian, measuring only a bit smaller than the gharial. Three mature males kept in captivity measured 3.6 to 3.9 m (12 to 13 ft) and weighed 190 to 210 kg (420 to 460 lb), while a female measured 3.27 m (10.7 ft) and weighed 93 kg (210 lb). In some cases, males can reportedly grow to as much as 5 m (16 ft) in length.[4] Adult males weigh 150 to 250 kg (330 to 550 lb), while females are about 3.2 m (10 ft) long and weigh an average of 90 kg (200 lb).