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Melanosuchus niger (Spix, 1825)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Spix, & Von, J. B. Animalia nova sive species nova lacertarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspicius Maximiliani Josephi I Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit Dr. J. B. de Spix.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Crocodylia
family
Alligatoridae
genus
Melanosuchus
species
Melanosuchus niger

Name

Synonyms
Caiman niger Spix, 1825
Homonyms
Melanosuchus niger (Spix, 1825)
Common names
Akale in language.
Black Caiman in English
Black Caiman in English
Black caiman in English
Black caiman in English
Blaka Caiman in language.
Caimano nero in Italian
Caimán in language.
Caimán in language.
Caimán del Amazonas in Spanish
Caimán negro in language.
Caimán negro in language.
Caïman noir in French
Caïman noir in French
Caïman noir in French
Caïman noir (Le) in French
Caïman noir (Le) in French
Caïman nwé in language.
Caïman nwé in language.
Cocodrilo. in language.
Cocodrilo. in language.
Jacaré assu in language.
Jacaré assu in language.
Jacaré açu in language.
Jacaré açu in language.
Jacaré guaçu in language.
Jacaré guaçu in language.
Jacaré jhu in language.
Jacaré jhu in language.
Jacaré negro in language.
Jacaré negro in language.
Jacaré uassu in language.
Jacaré uassu in language.
Jacaré una in language.
Jacaré una in language.
Jacaré-Açú in Portuguese
Jacaré-Açú in Portuguese
Jacaré-Preto in Portuguese
Jacaré-Preto in Portuguese
Jacaré-açu in language.
Jacaré-açu in Portuguese
Kajman czarny in Polish
Kuro Kaiman in Japanese
Lagarto Negro in Spanish
Melanosuco in Italian
Mohrenkaiman in German
Mohrenkaiman in German
Pareine in language.
Schwarzer Kaiman in German
Siyah Kayman in Turkish

Bibliographic References

  1. King, F. W., and R. L. Burke, eds., 1989: null. Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference.
  2. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  3. Sudarikov, V. E. (1960). Order Strigeata La Rue, 1926. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 18: 450–694. (In Russian).
  4. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1976: Endangered Status for 159 Taxa of Animals. Federal Register, vol. 41, no. 115. 21062-24067.
  5. Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.
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