. Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum. Chelonia (Genus). 10 CATALOGUE OF STIIKLD KEPTILES. Fisr. Bomhifrom indicus. Skull, adult. Crocodilus vulgaris, var. B, Dum. 4' Bibr. Erp. Gen. iv. p. 108. Crocodilus rhombifer, Owen, Cat. Osteol. Mus. Coll. Siirg. p. 164. no. 752! (not Cuvier). Crocodilus ?, Owen, Cat. Osteol. Mus. CoU. Surg. p. 159. no. 726! Bombifrons indicus, Gray, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1869, vi. p. 140. Bab. India, Ganges (Dr. Satjer); Madras (Jerdon); Ceylon {Kelaart). The dorsal shields in four series, all equally keeled, with two irregular series o
. Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum. Chelonia (Genus). 10 CATALOGUE OF STIIKLD KEPTILES. Fisr. Bomhifrom indicus. Skull, adult. Crocodilus vulgaris, var. B, Dum. 4' Bibr. Erp. Gen. iv. p. 108. Crocodilus rhombifer, Owen, Cat. Osteol. Mus. Coll. Siirg. p. 164. no. 752! (not Cuvier). Crocodilus ?, Owen, Cat. Osteol. Mus. CoU. Surg. p. 159. no. 726! Bombifrons indicus, Gray, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1869, vi. p. 140. Bab. India, Ganges (Dr. Satjer); Madras (Jerdon); Ceylon {Kelaart). The dorsal shields in four series, all equally keeled, with two irregular series of plates on the sides. The shields are often nearly of the same form and size; but sometimes there are larger and broader shields intermixed in and deranging the series, and at other times the whole vertebral series is formed of wider shields. This species has generally been confounded with Ooplwlis biporcatns and Crocodilus vulgaris. The face of the younger specimen isrugulose and depressed, with a deep pit on the sides over the eighth and ninth teeth ; there are two arched ridges on each side behind the nostril, and some rugosities in front of the orbits. In the older skull the face is very convex and rounded, rugose, with some more orlessdistinctrugositiesinfrontof the orbits, but not the dis- tinct longitudinal ridge so characteristic of Oopholis porosus. Prof. Owen described the peculiar form of the premaxil- lary in a skuU in the College-of-Surgeons Museum, sent from Bengal by Dr. Wallich ; but he refers the skuU to Cro- codilus rliombifer of Cuvier, which is an American species. The smallest specimen in the British Museum is 19 inches, and the largest nearly 10 feet long; there are skuUs. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Gray, John Edw
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