Caiman crocodilus fuscus

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

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Caiman crocodilus fuscus /i> (Cope 1868)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

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)
• 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. 212, p. 218, p. 225.
• 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 & Señaris (1999) Contrib. herpetof. Venezuelan Guayana. I.
• 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
• 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.
• Nickel et al. (2004) Draco 5 (20): 4-19
• Oceanus. [Woods Hole, Mass., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution] ENG url p. 34.
• Olmos et al. (1991) Herpetol. Review 22 (1): 28-29
• Ouboter et al. (1988) J. Herpetol. 22 (3): 283-294
• Schwartz & Henderson (1991) Amph. Rept. West Indies.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. ENG url p. 363, p. 368.
• 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
• 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

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: 2537197
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-4593
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13516469
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 613575

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

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