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Caiman sclerops apaporiensis

Interesting Facts

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Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Reptilia () - Reptiles
        Subclass: Crocodylomorpha () - Hay, 1930 (Walker, 1968)
        Infraclass: Archosauromorpha ()
        Order: Crocodylia () - Gmelin, 1789
        Suborder: Eusuchia ()
        Family: Crocodylidae ()
        Genus: Caiman ()
        Specific name: sclerops
        Subspecies: apaporiensis
        Scientific name: - Caiman sclerops apaporiensis

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Caiman

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. crocodilus (Common Caiman) · C. crocodilus apaporiensis (Apaporis River Caiman) · C. crocodilus chiapasius (Common Caiman) · C. crocodilus crocodilus (Common Caiman) · C. latirostris (Broad-Snouted Caiman) · C. yacare (Panama Caiman)

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Further Reading

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A new subspecies of Caiman sclerops from Colombia. 37 1955 Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1955. url p. 340.
Catalogue of type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in Chicago Natural History Museum. 36 1958 [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1958. url p. 448.
Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 127.
Checklist of reptiles and amphibians listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 14.
The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book. Part 1 Testudines Crocodylia and Rhynchocephalia IUCN url p. 289.
World Checklist of Threatened Amphibians and Reptiles Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 26, p. 28.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 1, 2012.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 186336
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3967394

Last Revised: 2012-07-28