CROCODILUS.—ALLIGATOR. 21 
(Salvin) ; Nicaragua (Richardson); Panama, Chepo river (Arcé).—CoLoMBIA 
Cartagena (Duméril & Bibron); Waustern Ecuapor (Fraser); ANTILLES, Cuba 
(Ramon de la Sagra), Jamaica (Brit. Mus.), San Domingo and Martinique 
(Duméril & Bibron) ; Marcarira Istanp and Trripap (Lamon de la Sagra). 
Vernacular name: “ Lagarto” (Guatemala). 
g. Crocodilus americanus, var. moreletii. 
Crocodilus rhombifer (nec Cuv.), Wiegm. Herpetol. Mex. p. 22; Strauch, Synops. Crocodil. p. 41 
(part. ). 
Crocodilus moreletii, A. Dum. Arch. Mus. vi. p. 255, t.20; Dum. & Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., 
Rept. p. 37, t. 9. figg. 2, 3. 
Alligator lacordairei, Preudhomme de Borre, Bull. Ac. Sc. Belg. xxviii. 1869, p. 109, c. t. (pull.). 
Crocodilus mexicanus, Dum. & Bocourt, 1. c. p. 34, t. 8. fig. 3. 
Hab. Mexico (Brit. Mus.), Alvarado river (Deppe), Tampico (Bocourt); British 
Honpuras, Belize (Preudh. de Borre); Guaremata, Lake of Peten (Morelet), Rio 
Polochic, East Guatemala (Bocourt). 
ALLIGATOR. 
Alligator, Cuv. 
1. Alligator punctulatus. 
Jacaretinga punctulatus, Spix, Anim. Nov. p. 2, tab. 2. 
Alligator punctulatus, Dum. & Bibr. p. 91 ; Strauch, Synops. Crocod. p. 24. 
Champsa vallifrons, Natterer, Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. p. 822, t. 24. 
Champsa punctulata, Natterer, 1. c. p. 823, t. 25. 
Jacare longiscutata, Gray, Trans. Zool. Soc. vi. p. 164, t. 34. 
Jacare ocellata, Gray, |. c. pl. 33. 
Jacare punctulata, Gray, 1. c. p. 165. 
Alligator chiapasius, Bocourt, Journ. Zool. 1876, v. p. 400; Sumichrast, Bull. Soc. Zool. 1880, v. 
p- 170. 
Hab. Mexico, Tehuantepec and Chiapas (Swmichrast); GuaTemata, Huamuchal 
(Salvin). —Venezunta, Lake Valencia; British Guiana (Schomburgk, Brit. Mus.) ; 
Bourvia, Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Gray); Brazit, Solimoens River (Spx), Rio 
Branco and Rio Negro (Natterer); ARGENTINE Repusuic (Christie) ; MARTINIQUE 
(Plée); Trixtpap (Mus. Paris.). 
Vernacular name: “ Lagarto” (Guatemala, Panama). 
This species seems to range from the head waters of the Parana and Paraguay 
through Brazil and Northern South America to Southern Mexico. 
