TOWNSVILLE residents have reported several crocodile sightings across the city as floodwaters continue to rise.

A three metre crocodile was reportedly sighted by emergency services on Bowen Rd near Rosslea on Sunday night.

Erin Hahn shared a photo of a freshwater crocodile spotted in front of her father Shaun’s house on O’Reilly St, Mundingburra.

“He saw a small freshwater croc and called my family out to look,” she said.

“[The] property is fine, water lapping at the footpath.

“[The croc] swam off back down the street.”

Ms Hahn said her father had once lived in the Northern Territory and wasn’t bothered by the crocodile.

media_camera Freshwater crocodile spotted climbing a tree to escape floodwaters on Sunday afternoon.

Earlier today resident Helen Murdoch shared a photo of a freshwater crocodile climbing a tree to avoid rapidly flowing floodwaters was shared to a Facebook page for residents in Annandale.

The reptile was spotted by Ms Murdoch’s friend roughly between Palmetum and the Good Shepherd Home.