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8 longitudinal and i6 or 17 transverse rows of scutes. The double 

 crested verticils of caudal scutes number 14 in 7 specimens, 15 in 3, 

 and 16 in i. 



The data for the caimans in the present collection are as follows : 



E. A. Goldman 

 Meek & Hildebrand 



