286 CROCODILID®. 
Crocodilus bombifrons, Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 59 (1844); Hualey, Journ. 
Linn. Soc. iv. p. 13 (1860). 
Bombifrons trigonops, Gray, Ann. § Mag. N. H. (3)x. p. 269 (1862). 
indicus, Gray, Trans. Zool. Soc, vi. p. 140, figs., pl. xxxi. figs. 
1-8 (1867), and Cat. Sh. Rept. ii. p. 9 (1872). 
19 upper teeth on each side. Snout once and one third to once 
and a half as long as broad at the base; head rough but without 
any ridges; mandibular symphysis extending to the level of the 
fourth or fifth tooth; premaxillo-maxillary suture, on the palate, 
transverse, nearly straight, or curved forwards; nasal bones separa- 
ting the premaxillaries above. Four large nuchals forming a square, 
with a smaller one on each side ; two pairs of smaller nuchals on a 
transverse series behind the occiput. Dorsal shield well separated 
from the nuchal, the scutes usually in four, rarely in six, longitu- 
dinal series, those of the two median usually considerably broader 
than long; 16 or 17 transverse series. Scales on limbs keeled. 
Fingers webbed at the base; outer toes extensively webbed. A 
serrated fringe on the outer edge of the leg. Adult blackish olive 
above, young pale olive, dotted and spotted with black. 
The largest specimen in the Collection measures 3 metres. 
India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
a, Ad., stffd. River Jumna, near Major Kamptie [ P.]. 
Muthra. 
b. Her., stffd. Liver Raptee. 
ec. Yg., stfid. Ganges. Dr. Sayer [P. ]. 
d. Yg., stffd. Madras. 
e. Ye., stfid. India. Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. (Type 
of C. trigonops.) 
if. Yg., stfid. India. Gen. Hardwicke | P.]. 
g. Ad., skull. India. Capt. Oriel [P.]. (Types of 
h. Ad., skull. India. Mus. Asiat. Soe. C. bom- 
Bengal. bifrons.) 
t. Ad., skull. India. W. Theobald, Esq. [C.]. 
k, Her., skull. India. Sir J. E. Boileau [P.]. 
l, Ad., skull. India. 
m. Her.,skull. Ceylon. Dr. Kelaart [P.]. 
n. Ye., stfid. Singapore. 
o,p. Yg., stffd. 
9. Crocodilus robustus. 
Crocodilus robustus, Vail. § Grand. C. R. Ac. Se, Ixxy. p. 150 
(1872); Vaill. C. R. Ac, Se. xcvii. p. 1081 (1888). 
19 upper teeth on each side. Habit stout. Snout short, obtuse ; 
premaxillo-maxillary suture, on the palate, transverse, rectilinear. 
Four anterior nuchal scutes in a transverse series ; a nuchal shield 
composed of six scutes on two rows, well separated from the dorsal 
shield ; latter composed of six scutes in a transverse row on the 
middle of the body. Outer toes webbed te the claw. Cnemial 
fringe present. 
Reaches a length of 10 metres. 
Interior of Madagascar. 
