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Color: Above dull olive; numerous small sepia spots on head and 

 neck, which enlarge on the back and merge to form irregular trans- 

 verse cross bars, about four of these between the axilla and groin; 



Figure 120. — Crocodylus acutus: a, Top of head; b, side of head; c, chin. U.S.N. M. No. 

 80893, from Tie a Vache, Haiti. Two-thirds natural size. 



tail with similar sepia markings, which are also arranged in fairly 

 symmetrical bars; upper parts of limbs also splotched with sepia; 

 lower parts immaculate buff, turning to dark olive-buff beneath the 

 tail and limbs. 



