Crawl Speed - 0.04 in/sec (1 mm/sec). They are found in diverse habitats, with over 35,000 species.
Land Snails
Crawl Speed - 8 mph (12.7 kph). Legless animals that use S-shaped movements to move around.
Snakes
Crawl Speed - 0.1 – 0.3 mph (0.2 – 0.5 kph). Shelled wonders found on every continent except Antarctica.
Land Turtles
Crocodiles
Crawl Speed - 15 – 22 mph (24 – 35 kph). Use belly crawling, a graceful swishing motion, on land.
Komodo Dragons
Crawl Speed - 12 mph (19 kph). Use a sprawling gait similar to crocodiles, capable of running at high speeds.
Caterpillars
Crawl Speed - 1 mph (1.6 kph). Move by squeezing muscles in a wave-like motion.
Alligators
Crawl Speed - 11 mph (18 kph). Giant reptilian predators with two types of locomotion - sprawl crawl and high walk.
Sloths
Crawl Speed - 5 ft/min (1.5 met/min). Move slowly and clumsily on land, dragging themselves with their forelimbs.
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