Crocodile T Shirts
Most crocodile shirts is one shape repeated forever. Green log, grin full of triangles, tail. Nothing on this page starts there. Every design gets built off real reference, so the snout is the right width for the animal named on it and the scute rows sit where they belong. New species go up as the artwork earns it, and requests move the list around.
How to Spot a Bad Crocodilian Design in 10 Seconds
Four checks, in order of how fast they catch a problem.
Shop Crocodilian DesignsCroc or gator?
Snout first. Wide and rounded like a shovel means alligator or caiman. Narrow and tapered to a point means crocodile. Then check the closed mouth. On a crocodile the big fourth tooth on the lower jaw stays visible when the jaw shuts. On an alligator the upper jaw covers it completely. Art that gives an alligator a toothy side-grin got the species wrong before it started.
Is the caiman actually a caiman?
Caimans get folded into "gator" constantly, and the giveaway is the bridge between the eyes. Spectacled caimans wear that bony ridge across the snout that gave them the name. Cuvier's dwarf caiman runs short and upturned with a smooth, dog-shaped head and heavy armor everywhere. Neither of those is a small alligator, no matter how many designs draw it that way.
Do the scutes have structure?
Look at the back, not the color. Crocodilians carry defined rows of osteoderms down the dorsal ridge, and the count and spacing shift by species. Dwarf caimans are armored to the point of looking overbuilt. Gharials thin out toward a tail that's built for water and nothing else. A back drawn as smooth green skin with a few random bumps is somebody guessing.
Where's the gharial?
If a design lumps gharials in with crocodiles, it isn't paying attention. That snout is a separate piece of engineering, long and thin and built for fish, and mature males carry the ghara on the tip. Drawing one with a broad jaw isn't a stylistic choice, it's a different animal.
Sizing?
True to size. Order what you always order.
Species-Specific vs General Crocodilian Shirts
Species-Specific Design
Where to find it
Species pages as they launch
Trade-off
Built narrow, and the right person clocks it instantly
Design detail
Correct snout profile, accurate tooth line, scute rows drawn to species
Best for
Repping one animal by name
General Crocodilian Design
Where to find it
This page
Trade-off
Broader appeal, nobody points and says "that's mine"
Design detail
Clean silhouette, no species claim attached
Best for
Wanting the artwork without naming a species
Sizing, Shipping, and Returns
Fit. True to size. If you're between sizes, take the larger one.
Care. Cold wash, hang dry. The dryer is what fades prints, not the washing.
Shipping. Free, every order, no minimum. Printing takes 3 to 5 business days, then transit on top, so roughly a week door to door.
Returns and exchanges. Wrong item, damaged, or defective? Email info@reptilemerch.com with your order number and what happened, within 30 days. We'll sort it out.
Species missing? Message us and tell us which one.
FAQ
Do I have to keep one to wear one?
No. Plenty of people buying these have never had a crocodilian in the house and never will. Interest counts.
Why is the alligator design labeled as an alligator and not a crocodile?
Because that's what it is. The page covers crocodilians as a group, and each design names the animal it actually drew.
Are the babies drawn differently than the adults?
Yes, where a design calls for it. Juvenile gators carry yellow banding that fades with age, and caiman hatchlings have proportions that don't scale up. A shrunken adult is not a hatchling.
Do the designs work for someone who keeps monitors or tegus instead?
Those are their own pages. Nothing here gets stretched to cover a lizard just to widen the audience.
My species isn't here. Will it be?
New ones go up regularly, and requests genuinely decide the order. Send yours over.