280 CROCODILID ZA. 
Six large nuchal scutes, four in a square and one on each side, sub- 
continuous with the dorsals, which are in 19 transverse rows, the 
fourth to fourteenth of which are composed of six scutes ; those of 
the two middle rows broader than long; four oval scutes in a 
transverse series behind the occiput. Scales on the sides and limbs 
keeled. Fingers nearly free, outer toes extensively webbed. A 
serrated fringe on the outer edge of the leg. Olive above, closely 
spotted with black; yellowish inferiorly. 
Reaches a length of 2 metres. 
North Australia. 
a. Yg., stffd. Port Darwin. R.G.S. Buckland, Esq. [C.]. 
b, Cast of head of type spe- G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 
cimen, from Queensland. 
3. Crocodilus intermedius. 
Crocodilus intermedius, Graves, Ann. Gén. Sc. Phys. ii. p. 344 
(1819); Strauch, Syn. Crocod. p. 58 (1866); Liithen, Vidensh. 
Meddel, 1884-86, p. 61 (1886). 
journei, Bory LD St. Vine. Dict. Class. d Hist. Nat. v. p. 111 
(1824); Dum. & Bibr, iii. p. 129 (1836); Hualey, Journ. Linn. 
Soc. iy. p. 11 (1860); A. Dum. Arch. Mus. x. p. 172, pl. xiv. 
fig. 3 (1860). 
Mecistops journei, part., Gray, Cat. Tort. Sc. p. 58 (1844). 
bathyrhynchus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 550, and 1865, 
p. 185. 
Molinia intermedia, Gray, Ann. § Mag. N. H. (3) x. p. 272 (1862), 
and Trans. Zool. Soc. vi. p. 151, figs., pl. xxxii. Ags 4-6 (1867), 
and Cat. Sh. Rept. ii. p. 18 (1872). 
18 or 19 upper teeth on each side. Snout very slender, twice to 
twice and a half as long as broad at the base, without distinct 
ridges; mandibular symphysis long, extending to the sixth tooth; 
premaxillo-maxillary suture, on the palate, produced backwards ; 
maxillaries usually forming a median suture above, behind the 
nasal opening. Six large nuchal scutes, four in a square and one 
on each side, widely separated from the dorsals; four postoccipital 
scutes in a transverse series; dorsal scutes in 16 transverse series, 
the broadest of which contain six scutes in an uninterrupted series ; 
other large keeled scutes isolated on the sides. Scales on the limbs 
keeled ; a serrated fringe on the outer edge of the leg. A short 
web between the second and third fingers; outer toes extensively 
webbed. Olive above, yellowish inferiorly. 
The largest known specimen measures nearly 4 metres. 
Orinoco. 
a. Ad., skull. Orinoco. 
b. Ad., skull. P 
e. Yg., spir. —? 
