SYNOPSIS OF THE CROCODILIANS 



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CROCODILE FAMILY 



8PECIE8 COMMON NAME LOCALITY 



f Sharp-Nosed Afri- 



Croc-o-di'lus. . 



cat-a-phrac'tus . . . \ can Crocodile, 12 

 [ feet 



f Orinoco Crocodile, 



in-ter-me'di-us . . 



12 feet. . 



W. Africa. 



Venezuela. 



Australian Croco- . ,. 



3 hns ton - 1 dile, 8 feet Australla ' 



^<'K-& ^ 10 feet 



a-cu'tus 



a. flor-i-dan f us . 

 nil-ot'i-cus . . 



American Croco- 

 dile, 14 feet .... 



Florida Crocodile, 

 14 feet 6 inches. . 



Central and 

 South Amer- 

 ica. 



Florida. 



Nile Crocodile, 16 



> Africa generally. 



, / Salt-Water Croco- 1 Ayf , 



po+o'iu,.. dile,16feet....) Malayana ' 



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



pa-lus'tris Mugger, 12 feet India. 



Broad-Nosed Afri- | , i -nr 



,., Equatorial W. 

 can Crocodile, o \ \M^,~ 



feet. 



Africa. 



Cai'man . 



f-Rough-BackedCai- 1 TT 



tn-go-na f tus < Q . } Upper Amazon. 



man, 6 feet J 



pal-pe-bro'sus . 



sde'rops 



ni'ger 



lat-i-ros'tris . . 



Banded Caiman, 8 



South America. 



Al'li-ga-tor 



si-nen sis , 



feet / 



f Spectacled Cai- 1 Central and 

 \ man, 8 feet J South America. 



Black Caiman, 20 1 ^ . T M 



. /T3 Guianas; Brazil, 



feet (Bates) . . . . J 



Broad-Nosed Cai- 1 Amazon to Rio 

 man, 8 feet J de la Plata. 



Chinese Alligator, 

 6 feet.. 



miss-is-sip-pi-en - 

 sis. . 



Common Alligator, 

 16 feet. 



China. 



United States. 



