58 CROCODILUS. 



aequali, scutis dorsi quadratis sequalibus sexfariam positis, cer- 

 vicis 6, 8, nuchse 2, 4, vel 6. 



Lac. Crocodilus, Lin. Croc. Champsis, Bory. Croc, vul- 

 garis, Cuv. Croc. Niloticus, Daud. GeofF. Rept. Egypt, 

 t. 2, f. 1, Ann. Mus. x. t. 3. f. 1. Cuv. Ann. Mus. x. t. 1, 

 f. 5, et 12, t. 2, f. 7, cop. Os. Fos. v. t. 1, f. 5, et 12, t. 2, 

 f. 7. 



«. Siichus. Maxillis elongatis angustioribus. Croc. Suchus. 

 GeofF. Ann. Mus. x. t. 3, f. 2, 3, 4. 



/3. marginatus. Scutis nuchge 6, cervicis 6, 8. Croc. Twar- 

 ginatus, Geoff, 



V. lacunosus. Scutis nuchse 2, cervicis 6, Croc, lacunosus, 

 Geoff. 



8. complanatus . Maxillis complanatis. Croc, complanatus 

 Geoff 



e. Indicus " Maxillis convexis," Cuv. 



Habitat in Africa Septentrional! et Australi, Tndiaque 

 Orientali ; in iEgypto, Geoffrey, Senegal et Madagascar, 

 Cuvier. 



■ The head is twice as long as broad ; the back has six rows 

 of nearly equal squarish shields, rather broader than long, 

 the cervical shields vary from 6 to 8, and the nuchal ones 

 from 2, 4, to 6 ; the latter are isolated. 



2. Crocodilus hiporcatus, (Indian Crocodile). Rostriporcis 

 duabus subparallelis, scutis nuchse 2, cervicis 6, dorsi 

 ovalibus octofariam positis. 



Croc, porosus et Croc. $^opholis, Schw. Croc, hiporcatus, 

 Cuv. Ann. Mus. x. t. 1, f. 4, et 13, t. 2, f. 8, Seba 1, t. 103, 

 f. I, t. 104, f. 12, Arch. Zoolog. ii. t 2, f. 1. 



Habitat in India Insulisque Indicis, Java, Ceylon, Sey- 

 chelles ; Nova Hollandia ? Insula Mauritii? 



The head has a ridge arising from the front of each eye 

 continued along the side ; the back has 8 rows of oval plates, 

 longer than broad, with smaller ones between them ; the 

 nuchal shields 2, and cervical 6, forming an oval plate. 



3. Croc, rhomhifer, f Square-shielded Crocodile). Rostri 

 convexi porcis duabus convergentibus, scutis cervicis 6, 

 dorsi quadratis sexfariam positis, squamis membrorum cras- 

 sis carinatis. 



Crocodilus rhombifer, Cuv. (v. Mus. Par. 2 spec.) Ann. 

 Mus. xii. t. 1, f. 1, 3, cop. Os. Fos. v. 51. 

 Hab. 



