| Crocodiles have smooth skin on their bellies and sides, while their dorsal surfaces are armoured with large osteoderms. |
| Instead of scutes, it has thick, leathery skin with embedded minuscule osteoderms. |
| Tongue long and bifid, with papillae or folds, with osteoderms on the head but not on the body. |
| The scales may be modified into spines for display or protection, and some species have bone osteoderms underneath the scales. |
| In Glyptotherium, hundreds of small osteoderms, also known as scutes, make up a typical carapace. |
| In Restes the osteoderms are flattened while for Exostinus they are subconical. |
