bullshit. For most species, the fastest they can move is a kind of “belly run”, where the body moves in a snake-like fashion, limbs splayed out to either side paddling away frantically while the tail whips to and fro. Crocodiles can reach speeds of 10 or 11 km/h (around 7 mph) when they “belly run” Hinsvegar: The land speed record for a crocodile is 17 km/m (11 mph) measured in a galloping Australian freshwater crocodile.