Caiman crocodilus

• Common Names
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Common Names

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Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Alligator sclerops Duméril and Bibron 1836: 79
2. Alligator sclerops — DumÉril & Bibron 1836: 79
3. Caiman crocodilus — Conant & Collins 1991: 40
4. Caiman crocodilus — Gorzula & SeÑaris 1999
5. Caiman crocodilus — Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 666
6. Caiman crocodylus Lehr 2002: 69
7. Caiman sclerops SCHNEIDER 1801 /i> (Fide Medem 1981)
8. Crocodilus sclerops SCHNEIDER 1801 /i> (Fide Wermuth and Mertens 1977)
9. Lacerta crocodilus Linnaeus 1758: 200

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Caiman

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 26 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. australis · C. brevirostris · C. cocodrilus · C. crocodilurus · C. crocodilus (Spectacled Caiman) · C. crocodilus apaporiensis (Apaporis River Caiman) · C. crocodilus chiapasius (Common Caiman) · C. crocodilus crocodilus (Common Caiman) · C. crocodilus fuscatus · C. crocodilus fuscus · C. crocodilus paraguayensis · C. crocodylus · C. fissipes · C. fuscus · C. jacare · C. latirostris (Broad-Snouted Caiman) · C. latirostris chacoensis · C. latirostris latirostris · C. lutescens · C. neivensis · C. niger · C. yacare · C. sclerops apaporiensis · C. yacare (Southern Spectacled Caiman) · C. yacare medemi · C. yacare yacare

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Further Reading

• Armando et al. (2006) Acta Herpetologica 1 (2)
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2004. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004).
• Bocourt (1876) Journal de Zoologie. Paris. 5 (5-6): 386-411
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 239.
• Busack et al. (2001) Herpetologica 57 (3):294-312
• Calgua et al. (2004) Reptilia (Münster) 9 (6): 74-80
• Conant & Collins (1991) Field Guide Rept. Amph. E/C North America, 3rd ed.
• Contents and index to volume 12, numbers 1 to 19, Zoological series / Wilfred H. Osgood. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1929. ENG url p. 506.
• Crocodile Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
• David Nicolson - ITIS Data Development Coordinator: According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Endangered Species site (2001), and amp;quot;in 1987, the Fish and Wildlife Service pronounced the American alligator fully recovered and consequently removed the animal from the list of endangered species. Although the American alligator is secure, some related animals -- such as several species of crocodiles and caimans -- are still in trouble. For this reason, the Fish and Wildlife Service still regulates the legal trade in alligator skins, or products made from them, in order to protect these endangered animals with skin that is similar in appearance, but illegal in the commercial market and amp;quot;
• Duellman (1978) Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist, Misc. Publ. (No. 65): 1-352
• Duméril & Bibron (1836) Erpetologie Générale, Vol.3.
• Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed. 1993. Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de M and amp;eacute;xico, cambios taxon and amp;oacute;micos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. iv + 73. ISBN: 0-911239-42-1.
• Gorzula & Señaris (1999) Contrib. herpetof. Venezuelan Guayana. I.
• Gray (1869) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 3: 171-172
• Herrick Brown - ITIS Data Development Technician: Banks et al. (2003) note: Threatened throughout range
• Hoogmoed et al. (1983) Spixiana Suppl. 9: 319-415
• Hoogmoed, M.S., 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 Supplement, München 9, pp. [319-415]
• IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
• Janke et al. (2001) Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 268: 623-631
• King, F. W. and R. L. Burke, eds. 1989. Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Association of Systematics Collections. Washington, D.C. ISBN: 0-942924-15-0.
• Lehr (2001) Herpetological Review 32 (2): 130-132
• Lehr (2002) Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru. NTV (Münster), 208 pp.
• Linnaeus (1758) Systema Naturae.
• Lönnberg (1896) Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vet.-Akad. Stockholm 22 (4) l: 1-45
• Medem (1955) Fieldiana: Zoology. Chicago. 37: 339-343
• Medem (1981) Ministerio de Educacion Nacional, Bogotá. 354 pp.
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. Lawrence, University of Kansas, 1946-1996. ENG url p. 49.
• Nickel et al. (2004) Draco 5 (20): 4-19
• Notes on South American caimans, by Karl P. Schmidt. Reports on results of the Captain Marshall Field expeditions. Chicago, 1928. ENG url p. 206, p. 208, p. 225.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas: The University, 1971-1994. ENG url p. 20, p. 25, p. 50.
• Olmos et al. (1991) Herpetol. Review 22 (1): 28-29
• Ouboter et al. (1988) J. Herpetol. 22 (3): 283-294
• Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems / [edited by], Edward T. LaRoe [et al.]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service, 1995. ENG url p. 498.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 57.
• Schwartz & Henderson (1991) Amph. Rept. West Indies.
• The dermal armor of the cyamodontoid placodonts (Reptilia, Sauropterygia): morphology and systematic value / Olivier Rieppel --. Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 2002. ENG url p. 38.
• The South American herpetofauna: its origin, evolution, and dispersal / William E. Duellman, editor. Lawrence, Kan.: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1979. ENG url p. 295.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. ENG url p. 365, p. 368.
• Trutnau (1990) Herpetofauna 12 (64): 25-34
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• Wilms (2004) Draco 5 (20): 20-27

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 21, 2007.
• Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. Caiman crocodilus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. and lt;www.iucnredlist.org and gt;. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Carnegie Museums: Amphibians and Reptiles
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2537194
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-4592
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174370
• IUCN ID: 46584
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ARABA02010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 162539

Curator for this page: Marco de Andrade. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899

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