﻿Smithsonian 
  Report, 
  1943. 
  Cochran 
  

  

  Plate 
  22 
  

  

  1. 
  Salt-water 
  crocodile 
  (Crocodylus 
  porosus). 
  Color: 
  dark 
  olive 
  brown 
  to 
  black. 
  Length: 
  up 
  to 
  33 
  feet. 
  

   Range: 
  India, 
  Ceylon, 
  southern 
  China, 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago, 
  the 
  Solomon 
  and 
  Fiji 
  Islands, 
  and 
  northern 
  

   Australia. 
  Extremely 
  vicious 
  and 
  aggressive, 
  being 
  accountable 
  for 
  many 
  deaths 
  each 
  year 
  in 
  the 
  Malay 
  

   region 
  and 
  India. 
  (Courtesy 
  New 
  York 
  Zoological 
  Society.) 
  

  

  2. 
  Indian 
  python 
  (Python 
  molar 
  us). 
  Two 
  color 
  phases: 
  dark 
  olivaceous 
  with 
  almost 
  black 
  markings, 
  

   and 
  bright 
  tan 
  with 
  olive-brown 
  blotches, 
  with 
  usually 
  a 
  pinkish 
  band 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  head. 
  Length: 
  up 
  

   to 
  25 
  feet. 
  Range: 
  India, 
  the 
  Malay 
  Peninsula, 
  Ceylon, 
  and 
  Java. 
  Sluggish 
  and 
  "gentle," 
  but 
  because 
  

   of 
  its 
  great 
  size 
  able 
  to 
  constrict, 
  crush, 
  and 
  bite. 
  (Courtesy 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park.) 
  

  

  