58 CROCODILUS. 



sequali, scutis dorsi quadratis sequalibus sexfariam positis, cer- 

 vicis 6, 8, nuchse 2, 4, vel 6. 



Lac. Crocndilus, Lin. Croc. Champsis, Bory. Croc, vul- 

 garis, Cuv. Croc. Niloticus, Daud. Geoff. Rept. Egypt, 

 t. 2, f. 1, Ann. Mus. x. t. 3. f. 1. Cuv. Ann. Mus. x. t. 1, 

 f. 5, et 12, t. 2, f. 7, cop. Os. Fos. v. t. 1, f. 5, et 12, t. 2, 

 f. 7. 



«. Suchus. Maxillis elongatis angustioribus. Croc. Suchus. 

 GeofF. Ann. Mus. x. t. 3, f. 2, 3, 4. 



j3. margbiatus. Scutis nuchse 6, cervicis 6, 8. Croc. Twar- 

 ginatus, Geoff, 



y. lacunosus. Scutis nuchse 2, cervicis 6, Croc, lacunosus, 

 GeofF. 



8. complanatiis , Maxillis complanatis. Croc, complanatus 

 GeofF. 



e. Jz/cZic?^^ " Maxillis convexis," Cuv. 



Habitat in Africa Septentrionali et Australi, Tndiaque 

 Orientali ; in iEgypto, Geoffroy, Senegal et Madagascar, 

 Cuvier. 



The head is twice as long as broad ; the back has six rows 

 of nearly equal squarish shields, rather broader than long, 

 the cervical shields vary from 6 to 8, and the nuchal ones 

 from 2, 4, to 6 ; the latter are isolated. 



2. Crocodilus hiporcatus, [Indian Crocodile). Rostriporcis 

 duabus subparallelis, scutis nuchse 2, cervicis 6, dorsi 

 ovalibus octofariam positis. 



Croc. porosiLS et Croc. Coopholis, Schw. Croc, hiporcatus, 

 Cuv. Ann. Mus. x. t. 1, f. 4, et 13, t. 2, f. 8, Seba 1, t. 103, 

 f. 1, t. 104, f. 12, Arch. Zoolog. ii. t 2, f. 1. 



Habitat in India Insulisque Indicis, Java, Ceylon, Sey- 

 chelles ; Nova HoUandia? Insula Mauritii? 



The head has a ridge arising from the front of each eye 

 continued along the side ; the back has 8 rows of oval plates, 

 longer than broad, with smaller ones between them ; the 

 nuchal shields 2, and cervical 6, forming an oval plate. 



3. Croc, rhomhifer, ("Square-shielded Crocodile). Rostri 

 convexi porcis duabus convergentibus, scutis cervicis 6, 

 dorsi quadratis sexfariam positis, squamis membrorum cras- 

 sis carinatis. 



Crocodilus rhombifer, Cuv. (v. Mus. Par. 2 spec.) Ann. 

 Mus. xii. t. 1, f. 1, 3, cop. Os. Fos. v. 51. 

 Hab. 



