SYNOPSIS OF THE CROCODILIANS 



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CROCODILE FAMILY 



GENUS SPECIES COMMON NAME 



Croc-o-di'liis. . : - 



cat-a-phrac'tus , 



Sharp-Nosed Afri- 

 can Crocodile, 12 

 feet 



LOCALITY 



W. Africa. 



,-.. f Orinoco Crocodile, 1 , T i 



tn-ter-me'di-us . . . f Venezuela. 



Australian Croco- 



Australia. 



Johns' ton-i ^ dile, 8feet. 



rham'bi-fer Cu ln T t Crocodik '- 1 Cuba only. 



a-cu'tus . 



a. iior-i-dan'us. 



10 feet. 



American Croco- 

 dile, 14 feet .... 



Florida Crocodile, 

 14 feet 6 inches. . 



Central and 

 South Amer- 

 ica. 



Florida. 



., ,. f Nile Crocodile, 16 \ Ai . . u „ 



nil-ot'i-cus f t Africagenerally. 



po-ro sus . 



Salt-Water Croco- 



\ Malayana. 



Os-te-o-lae'mus. . .te-tras'pis 



dile, 16 feet J 



pa-lus'tris Mugger, 12 feet India 



Broad-Nosed Afri- 

 can Crocodile, 6 

 feet 



Equatorial W. 

 Africa. 



. • /, f Rough-Backed Cai- 1 TT A _ „„ 



f tn-go-na'tus n Q feet Upper Amazon. 



Cai' man . 



7 » / f Banded Caiman, 8 \ c ,, A •'„„ 



pal-pe-bro'sus { fo ^ } South America. 



scle'rops 



Al'li-ga-tor . 



f Spectacled Cai- 1 Central and 

 " ' \ man, 8 feet J South America. 



f Black Caiman, 20 1 ^ . n -i 



•••\ feet (Bates).... ) Guiana.; Braa.1. 



f Broad-Nosed Cai- 1 Amazon to Rio 

 " ' \ man, 8 feet J de la Plata. 



si-nen'sis f Chinese Alligator, 



j 6 feet 



miss-is-sip-pi-en'- \ Common Alligator, 

 sis 1 16 feet 



ni ger 



lat-i-ros'tris 



China. 

 United States. 



