Crocodile (heraldic animal)

The crocodile is in the heraldry an emblem .

The common figure is usually depicted walking with its mouth open, its usual color is green as heraldic tincture or in natural colors , which is then depicted as brown - as always in heraldry, however, any other color is also possible. As a relatively young Wappenbild there is no explicit traditional standardization, so that in case of doubt detailed emblazoned is.

Among other things, it is the heraldic animal of Lesotho (where it has been twisting - blue since 2006 - in the typical Lesotho shield).

Examples

left-facing, chained ( Nîmes FR)
curved, blue ( Lesotho )
gold ( Tlučná CZ)
upright on the side of a tower (on the right a tiger ,
Chocó CO)
in the upper coat of arms
( Jamaica )

Web links

Commons : Crocodiles in Heraldry - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b English: embowed ; until 2006 in natural colors ( On a Lesotho shield Or, a crocodile embowed proper ), quoted from Lesotho: Coats of Arms , Flags of the World.
↑ curved representation here only due to the space in the shield base, compare the flag

[Lesotho-1] English: embowed ; until 2006 in natural colors ( On a Lesotho shield Or, a crocodile embowed proper ), quoted from Lesotho: Coats of Arms , Flags of the World.

[2] urved representation here only due to the space in the shield base, compare the flag