Cuvier's dwarf caiman
Paleosuchus palpebrosus

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Smallest extant crocodilian. Head and neck: Head dark brown; snout upturned tip; neck relatively slender; post occipital usually two rows; nuchal 4 to 5 rows.


Body: dark brown to dark grey; dorsal longitudinal row 18; transverse row 6 to 10; ventral longtitudinal row 21 to 22; transverse row 16.

Limbs and tail: dark grey; tail with two rows of scutes.

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