Caiman crocodilus

Narrow-snouted Spectacled Caiman

Linnaeus, 1758

Class: Reptilia
Order: Crocodylia
Family: Alligatoridae

Description

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Distribution

Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Surinam, French Guiana, Tobago, Trinidad, Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, Isla de Juventud, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles, USA (introduced to Florida) .

Habitat & Ecology

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Reproduction

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Conservation

Status: Not Listed, but habitat destruction threatens reptiles worldwide.

Other Comments

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References

Auth, D.L. 1994 Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Panama, Smithsonian Herptological Information Service. 98.
Frank, N., & E. Ramus 1996 A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. NG Publishing, 337 pp
Savage, J.M. 2002 The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica University of Chicago Press. 934 pp.
Villa, J., Wilson, L.D., & J.D. Johnson 1988 Middle American Herpetology. Univ. of Missouri Press, 131 pp.

Other Available References from the EMBL REPTILE DATABASE

Bocourt, F. 1876. Note sur quelques reptiles de l'Isthme de Tehuantepec (Mexique) donnés par M. Sumichrast au museum. Journal de Zoologie. Paris. 5 (5-6): 386-411
Lönnberg, E. 1896. Linnean type-specimens of birds, reptiles, batrachians, and fishes in the Zoological Museum of the Royal Univeristy of Upsala. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens. Handlingar, Stockholm 22 (4) l: 1-45
Medem, F. 1981 Los Crocodylia de Sur America. Vol. 1. Los Crocodylia de Colombia. Ministerio de Educacion Nacional, Bogotá. 354 pp. Medem, F. 1955 A new subspecies of Caiman sclerops from Colombia. Fieldiana: Zoology. Chicago. 37: 339-343
Hoogmoed,M.S. and Gruber,U. (1983) Spix and Wagler type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in the Natural History Musea in Munich (Germany) and Leiden (The Netherlands). Spixiana Suppl. 9: 319-415
Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae. 10th Edition: 204 pp.
Wermuth,H. & Fuchs,K. (1978) Bestimmen von Krokodilen und ihrer Häute Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart - New York, 100 pages, [ISBN 3-437-30268-X]
Conant,R. & Collins,J.T. (1991) A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p.

Reference written by Mark Tway, Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation
Page last updated 17 January, 2003
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