196 The Alligator and Its Allies 



the glans is considerably elongated by the strong 

 influx of blood into that structure. According to 

 Voeltzkow (78) the penis in the Madagascar 

 crocodile is 20 cm. in length. 



The clitoris of the sexually mature female 

 crocodile is very much smaller than the penis of a 

 male of the same size, but, according to Rathke, 

 it varies greatly in size in different species. It is 

 built on exactly the same plan as the penis. 



According to Bronn the clitoris as well as the 

 penis projects from the cloaca, out through the 

 anus, in the embryo of the crocodile; this was not 

 observed by the present writer in the embryo of 

 the Florida alligator, A . mississippiensis. 



