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:
Alligatoridae
()
- Genus:
Caiman
()
- (Daudin, 1802)
- Specific name:
latirostris
- Freiberg & Carvalho 1965
- Subspecies:
chacoensis
- Scientific name: - Caiman latirostris chacoensis Freiberg & Carvalho 1965
- Subspecies:
chacoensis
- Specific name:
latirostris
- Freiberg & Carvalho 1965
- Genus:
Caiman
(
- Family:
Alligatoridae
(
- Suborder:
Eusuchia
(
- Order:
Crocodylia
(
- Infraclass:
Archosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Crocodylomorpha
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
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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- Achaval et al. (1983) Bol. Soc. Zool. del Uruguay 1: 11-15
- Borteiro et al. (2006) Phyllomedusa 5 (2): 98-108
- Boulenger (1886) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 18: 423-445
- Caramaschi et al. (1995) Journal of Herpetology 29 (1): 136-137
- Castro et al. (2007) Sauria 29 (2): 35-42
- Daudin (1802) Histoire Naturelle... des Reptiles, Vol. 2, F. Dufart, Paris [1802], 432 pp.
- Duméril & Bibron (1836) Erpetologie Générale, Vol.3.
- Freiberg (1965) Physis. Buenos Aires. 25 (70): 351-360
- Guix et al. (1997) Herpetological Review 28 (1): 41-42
- Gulliver (1846) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (1) 17: 200-209
- Hoogmoed et al. (1983) Spixiana Suppl. 9: 319-415
- Medem (1983) Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional. Bogotá. 270 pp.
- Montini et al. (2006) Phyllomedusa 5 (2): 91-96
- Muller (1971) AquaTerra 8 (5): 59-60
- Piña et al. (2007) Amphibia-Reptilia 28 (1): 123-128
- Scott et al. (1990) Vida Silv. Neotrop. 2 (2): 43-51
- Trutnau et al. (2006) Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 646 pp. [review in Reptilia GB 48: 8-10]
- Verdade et al. (2006) Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 833:1-21
- Wermuth & Fuchs (1978) Bestimmen Krokodilen Häute.
- de Souza et al. (1998) Herpetological Review 29 (3): 173
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 1, 2012.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2547627
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-4598
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13516473
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 613578
Curator for this page: Marco de Andrade. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
