Caiman latirostris

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	CROCODYLIA	ALLIGATORIDAE

Scientific Name:

Caiman latirostris

Species Authority:

(Daudin, 1802)

Common Name/s:

English

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Broad-snouted Caiman

Red List Category & Criteria:

Lower Risk/least concern ver 2.3

Year Published:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Crocodile Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1990	–	Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Countries:	Native: Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Paraguay; Uruguay
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Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Systems:

Terrestrial; Freshwater

Conservation Actions:	This species is listed on CITES Appendix I (except the population of Argentina, which is included in Appendix II).

Conservation Actions:

This species is listed on CITES Appendix I (except the population of Argentina, which is included in Appendix II).

Citation:	Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. Caiman latirostris. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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