. (Plate VII.)
Oopholis pondicherianus, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1862, x. p. 268.

Anterior nuchal plates none. Dorsal shields in four longitudinal series; another rudimentary series on each side of the middle of the back; each shield with a keel. Dorsal shields in seventeen transverse series. Fore toes half webbed; the two outer of the hind toes completely webbed.
Only one specimen is known of this species; it is quite young, 12 inches long, and is said to have been brought from Pondicherry.
GAVIALIS, Geoffr.
Teeth slender, subequal in size, 27 or 28 above, and 25 or 26 below, on each side; the strongest teeth anteriorly in the jaws; teeth directed outwards. Snout very long and slender.
Only one species is known from the Ganges,-the Gavial from Borneo (Crocodilus schlegelii) having been rightly referred by Huxley to a distinct genus (Rhynchosuchus).