Adult Size: They might grow to 8 feet (2.6 meters), but it’s generally much smaller.

Headshape: The ear covering is darker than the cranial table (top of the head). The cranial table is high and square, with the snout being elongated and pointed with a dark brown or black stripe that runs down the middle of the snout.

Appearance: Only three, occasionally two, lumbar rows of dorsal scales are above the back limbs. They have heavily armored scales on the dorsal and ventral surfaces. The belly is only blotched on the sides, toward the flanks. They have tall, pointed scutes with sharp scales on their necks.

Nuchal Clusters: The pattern of scales is 2 x 3 x 2 x 2 x 2 with four post occipitals.

Flanks: Elongated heavily keeled scales are more widely and randomly spaced out than P. palpebrosus.

STATUS: Least Concern

*Compare with Paleosuchus palpebrosus and Osteolaemus tetraspis.