Caiman crocodilus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA REPTILIA CROCODYLIA ALLIGATORIDAE

Scientific Name: Caiman crocodilus
Species Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Name/s:
English – Common Caiman, Spectacled Caiman

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Lower Risk/least concern     ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Crocodile Specialist Group
Reviewer/s:
Justification:
Probably numbers in the millions, widely distributed throughout range, although locally depleted or extirpated in some localities.
History:
1988 – Threatened (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986 – Threatened (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela
Introduced:
Cuba; Puerto Rico; United States

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It is listed on CITES Appendix I (Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis) and Appendix II.
Citation: Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. Caiman crocodilus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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