Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- 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
- Synonyms
- Alligator sclerops Duméril, 1836
- Caiman sclerops Schneider, 1801
- Caiman sclerops apaporiensis Medem, 1955
- Caiman venezuelensis Fortier & Rincón, 2013
- Crocodilus sclerops Schneider, 1801
- Lacerta crocodilus Linnaeus, 1758
- Perosuchus fuscus Cope, 1868
- Homonyms
- Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common names
- Aliwe in language.
- Brillenkaiman in German
- Caimán in Spanish
- Caïman à lunettes in French
- Caïman à lunettes (Le), Caïman de rivière in French
- Common Caiman in English
- Common caiman in English
- Common caiman in English
- Common caiman, Spectacled caiman in English
- Féfé in language.
- Jacaretinga in Portuguese
- Jacaré Tinga in Portuguese
- Jacaré-do-Pantanal in Portuguese
- Rio Apaporis Caiman (C. c. apaporiensis) in English
- Spectacled Caiman in English
- Spectacled caiman in English
- Spectacled caiman in English
- Tinga in Portuguese
- Yacare tinga in language.
- Yakalet in language.
- baba in language.
- baba (Venezuela) in Spanish
- babiche in language.
- babilla in language.
- babilla (Colombia) in Spanish
- cachirre in Spanish
- cachirré in language.
- caiman blanco in language.
- caiman de Brasil in language.
- caimán in language.
- caimán de anteojos in language.
- caimán sudamericano in language.
- cascarudo in Spanish
- cascarudo in language.
- cocodrilo in Spanish
- cocodrilo in language.
- common caiman in language.
- common caiman in language.
- guajipal in language.
- guajipal (Nicaragua) in Spanish
- jacare in Spanish
- jacaretinga in language.
- jacaré-tinga in language.
- lagarto in language.
- lagarto blanco in language.
- lagarto blanco (Peru) in Spanish
- ocoroche in Spanish
- ocoroche in language.
- polulo in language.
- polulo (Mexico) in Spanish
Bibliographic References
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
- Crother, Brian I., Ronald M. Bonett, Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed., 2017: Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Ed.. Herpetological Circular, no. 43. 102.
- Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
- King, F. W., and R. L. Burke, eds., 1989: null. Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference.
- 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
- Meneses-Pelayo, E. (2018). Guía de campo para los reptiles y anfibios de Santander, Colombia. Disponible en http://www.santanderherps.com
- SOS reptiel
- Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.