The Crocodile Hunter 13 specials into 2007; with a nearly 11-year run, the series is the second longest-running program of any Discovery Communications network, behind "MythBusters". The Crocodile Hunter The Crocodile Hunter is a wildlife documentary television series that was hosted by Steve Irwin and his wife, Terri. The show became a popular franchise due to Irwin's unconventional approach to wildlife. It spawned a number of separate projects, including the feature film "" and two television spinoffs: "Croc Files" and "The Crocodile Hunter Diaries". The series was presented on Animal Planet, becoming the network's highest-rated series at the time, and was in international
Saltwater crocodile Asian crocodile, although some ambiguity exists over what assemblage it could be considered part of based on variable genetic results. Other relatively broad-snouted species such as mugger ("C. palustris") and Siamese crocodiles ("C. siamensis") seem to be the most likely candidates to bear the closest relation among living species. Currently, most sources state that the saltwater crocodile does not have subspecies. However, based largely on morphological variability, some have claimed that not only are there subspecies but that "C. porosus" actually houses a species complex. In 1844, S. Müller and H. Schlegel attempted to describe crocodiles from Java and Borneo