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each side. Dorsal shield separated from the nuchal, formed 

 by 1 6 or 17 transverse and 4 to 8 longitudinal series of bony- 

 scutes, which are separated from each other in a transverse 

 series by the skin. Scales on sides and limbs smooth or feebly 

 keeled. Fingers webbed at the base; outer toes broadly webbed ; 

 a serrated fringe on the outer side of the hind limb. Tail 

 strong, crested. 



Dark olive above; yellow below. Young specimens pale 

 olive, black-dotted on the head and with large black spots on 

 body and tail. Total length reaches about 10 M. 



Nom. indig. Buaia (mal.). Rawing (Dajak-name). 



Habitat: Simalur!; Sumatra (Deli!, Langkat, Padang 

 Bedagei, Indragiri, Batu Bahra, Palembang!, Padang, Bang- 

 kinang!); Riou; Java! (Buitenzorg!, Indramaju!, Pekalongan!); 

 Timor; Borneo! (Labuan, Sebruang Valley, Baram river, Sara- 

 wak river, Bandjermassin); Celebes! (Gorontalo, Manado, Kema, 

 Tjenrana near Pampanua!, lake Tondana!, Lapa lupa river 

 near Tempe!, Maros, Tello!, Macassar); Ambon!; Batjan; 

 Ternate; Halmahera!; Aru Islands; New Guinea! (Seka!, Moaif!, 

 Tawarin!, lake Sentani!, Ramoi, Utumbuwe river!, Digul river!, 

 Fly river, St. Joseph's river, Gerekanumu). — N. Australia; 

 Solomon Islands; Fiji Islands; Philippines; Malay Peninsula; 

 Singapore; Burma; India; Ceylon; Siam; S. China. 



A common crocodile in the lower part of large rivers, some- 

 times caught at sea; dangerous to men. 



Fig. 132. Egg of Crocodihis porosus Schn., X Vs- 



2. Crocodilus siamensis Schneider. 



Crocodilus siamensis^ Schneider, Hist. Amph. II i8oi, p. 157. 

 Crocodihis siamensis^ Boulenger, Cat. Chel. 1889, p. 282 (s. syn.). 



Snout one time and three fourths as long as broad at the 



