REPTILIA (CLASS) 



Latjrenti, Syn. Rept., 1768, p. 19 

 DIAPSIDA (SUBCLASS) 



OsBOBN, Science (N. S.), Vol. 17, Feb. 13, 1903, p. 276 



LORICATA (ORDER) 



Merkem, Syst. Amph., 1820, p. 34 



CROCODYLIDAE (FAMILY) 



Crocodylus {GENUS) 



Laubenti, Syn. Rept., 1768, p. 53 



type: niloticiis = Lacerta crocodilus Linne in part 



Crocodylus acutus Cuvier 

 CROCODILE 



Crocodilus acutus Cuviek 

 Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Vol. 10, 1807, p. 55, pi. 1, fig. 3, pi. 2, 

 fig. 5. 

 Crocodilus americanus Cope 

 Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 173, fig. 2. 

 TYPE locality: San Domingo. 



RANGE : Southern Florida, The Greater Antilles (except Porto 

 Rico), both coasts of Central America from Mexico to Equador 

 and Columbia. 



Alligator (GENUS) 



Cuvier, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Vol. 10, 1807, p. 25 



type: Zji«2M=LacertaalligatorBlumenbach, 1788, in part =mississipiensis 



Alligator mississipiensis (Daudin) 

 ALLIGATOR 



Crocodilus mississipiensis Daudin 

 Hist. Nat. Rept., Vol. 2, 1803, p. 412. 



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