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Caiman crocodilus crocodilus

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SUBSPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.

Classification

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

Name

Homonyms
Caiman crocodilus crocodilus
Common names
Caïman à lunettes in French
Common Caiman in English
Common Caiman in English
Jacaretinga in Portuguese
cachirre in Spanish
caimán de anteojos in Spanish
jacaretinga in Portuguese
jacaré-de-óculos in Portuguese
spectacled caiman in English
Обыкновенный крокодиловый кайман in Russian

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. 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.
  4. Venegas-Anaya, M., A.J. Crawford, A.H.E. Galván, O.I. Sanjur, L.D. Densmore III, and E. Bermingham, 2008: Mitochondrial DNA Phylogeography of Caiman crocodilus in Mesoamerica and South America. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology, vol. 309A, iss. 10. 614-627.
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