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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Apaporis River Caiman, Common Caiman
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Order:
Crocodylia
()
- Family:
Crocodylidae (Alligatoridae) Crocodylia
()
- Genus:
Caiman
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
crocodilus
- Medem 1955
- Subspecies:
apaporiensis
- Scientific name: - Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis Medem 1955
- Subspecies:
apaporiensis
- Specific name:
crocodilus
- Medem 1955
- Genus:
Caiman
(
- Family:
Crocodylidae (Alligatoridae) Crocodylia
(
- Order:
Crocodylia
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 11, 2001.
Similar Species
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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
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- Armando et al. (2006) Acta Herpetologica 1 (2)
- Bocourt (1876) Journal de Zoologie. Paris. 5 (5-6): 386-411
- 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.
- Duellman (1978) Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist, Misc. Publ. (No. 65): 1-352
- Duméril & Bibron (1836) Erpetologie Générale, Vol.3.
- Gorzula & Seńaris (1999) Contrib. herpetof. Venezuelan Guayana. I.
- Gorzula, S and Seijas, AE (1989). The common caiman. In: Crocodiles. Their Ecology, Management and Conservation. A Special Publication of the IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. pp. 44-61
- Gray (1869) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 3: 171-172
- Hoogmoed et al. (1983) Spixiana Suppl. 9: 319-415
- 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
- Magnusson, WE, Da Silva, EV and Lima, AP (1987). Diets of Amazonian crocodilians. J. Herpetol. 21(2): 85-95
- Medem (1955) Fieldiana: Zoology. Chicago. 37: 339-343
- Medem (1981) Ministerio de Educacion Nacional, Bogotá. 354 pp.
- Medem, F (1981). Los Crocodylia de Sur America. Vol.1 Los Crocodylia de Colombia. Colciencias, Bogota. pp. 354
- Nickel et al. (2004) Draco 5 (20): 4-19
- Olmos et al. (1991) Herpetol. Review 22 (1): 28-29
- Ouboter et al. (1988) J. Herpetol. 22 (3): 283-294
- Oubotor, PE and Nanhoe, LMR (1988). Habitat selection and migration of Caiman crocodilus crocodilus in a swamp and swamp-forest in northern Suriname. J. Herpetol. 22: 283-294
- Schwartz & Henderson (1991) Amph. Rept. West Indies.
- Staten, MA and Dixon, JR (1977). Breeding biology of the spectacled caiman, Caiman crocodilus crocodilus, in the Venezuelan Llanos. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife Research Report 5. United States Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
- Thorbjarnarson, JB (1994). Reproductive ecology of the spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) in the Venezuelan llanos. Copeia 1994(4): 907-919
- Trutnau (1990) Herpetofauna 12 (64): 25-34
- Trutnau et al. (2006) Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 646 pp. [review in Reptilia GB 48: 8-10]
- Varona (1976) Miscelanea Zoologica, Acad.Sci. de Cuba 5: 2
- Vasconcelos et al. (2006) Genetics and Molecular Biology 29 (2): 220-230
- Velasco, A, Trejo, V and Zapata, I (1994). Stomach contents of Caiman crocodilus from the Orinoco delta of Venezuela. Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter 13(3): 20-21
- Voigt (2008) Elaphe 16 (2): 43
- von et al. (1974) Z Anat Entwicklungsgesch 145 (1): 41-65
- Wermuth & Fuchs (1978) Bestimmen Krokodilen Häute.
- Wilms (2004) Draco 5 (20): 20-27
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 21, 2007.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5756376
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-4594
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13516470
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 202211
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: C00X
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 179971
Curator for this page: Marco de Andrade. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
