298 CKOCODILID^. 



PrROSUCHITS FUSCU3. 

 Cope, II. cc. figs. 



Snout broad and fiat, rounded at the cud, without any ridges. A 

 transverse row of six small anterior nuchals ; the large nuchals iu 

 four transverse rows, all of four scutes except the last. Dorsal 

 scutes, six or eight in each transverse row. Fingers free, toes half- 

 webbed. No posterior crest on arm or leg. Tail short, with 

 remarkably low crest. Colour above dark brown, almost black on 

 the upper surface of the head : tail paler, light olive-brown ; eyelids 

 and a band through the car yellow ; lower surfaces everywhere 

 bright yellow. 



Total length 73 centim. 



Magdalena River, Colombia. 



