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Caiman yacare (Daudin, 1801)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Daudin, F. M. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles; ouvrage faisant suit à l’Histoire naturell générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon; et rédigee par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Vol. 2.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Crocodylia
family
Alligatoridae
genus
Caiman
species
Caiman yacare

Name

Synonyms
Caiman crocodilus matogrossoiensis Fuchs, 1971
Caiman crocodilus paraguayiensis Fuchs, 1971
Caiman crocodilus yacare (Daudin, 1801)
Caiman sclerops Boulenger, 1889
Champsa vallifrons Natterer, 1840
Crocodilus yacare Daudin, 1801
Jacare longiscutata Gray, 1862
Jacare multiscutata Gray, 1867
Jacare ocellata Gray, 1862
Jacaretinga crocodilus
Jacaretinga punctulatus Spix, 1825
Homonyms
Caiman yacare (Daudin, 1801)
Common names
Brillenkaiman in German
Caimano jacarè in Italian
Caïman yacare in French
Jacara in French
Jacare Caiman in English
Jacare Caiman in English
Jacarenkaimaani in Finnish
Jacaré in Portuguese
Jacaré-de-lunetas in Portuguese
Jacaré-do-Pantanal in Portuguese
Jacaré-do-Pantanal in Portuguese
Jacaré-do-Paraguai in Portuguese
Jacaré-do-Paraguai in Portuguese
Panama Caiman in English
Panama Caiman in English
Paraguayan Caiman in English
Paraguayan Caiman in English
Piranha Caiman in English
Piranha Caiman in English
Red Caiman in English
Red Caiman in English
Southern Spectacled Caiman in English
Southern Spectacled Caiman in English
Südlicher Brillenkaiman in German
Südlicher Brillenkaiman in German
Yacare Caiman in English
Yacare caiman in English
Yacare caiman in English
Yacare caiman in English
Yacarekaaiman in Dutch
Yacarekaiman in Norwegian Bokmål
Yacaré in English
Yacaré negro in Spanish
caimán del Paraguay in Spanish
jacare in Spanish
jacare in Spanish
jacaré-do-pantanal in Portuguese
jakarski kajman in Slovenian
kajman yakaré in Czech
kajman żakare in Polish
llacaré in Spanish
pantanalkajman in Swedish
yacare kajmán in Hungarian
yacaré negro in Spanish
Жакаре in Russian
Кайман парагвайський in Ukrainian
Парагвайский кайман in Russian
јакарски кајман in Serbian
جكارا in Arabic
كايمن جكارا in Arabic

Bibliographic References

  1. Escobedo-Galván, Armando H., Fabio G. Cupul-Magaña, and Julián A. Velasco, 2011: Misconceptions about the taxonomy and distribution of Caiman crocodilus chiapasius and C. crocodilus fuscus (Reptilia: Crocodylia: Alligatoridae). Zootaxa, issue 3015. 66-68.
  2. King, F. W., and R. L. Burke, eds., 1989: null. Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference.
  3. 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
  4. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2000: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of Yacare Caiman in South America From Endangered to Threatened, and the Listing of Two Other Caiman Species as Threatened by Reason of Similarity of Appearance. Federal Register, vol. 65, no. 87. 25867-25881.
  5. Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.
  6. Wermuth, H. and R. Mertens, 1961: null. Schildkroten, Krokodile Bruckenechsen.
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