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    Species Accepted

    Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1801)

    Broad-nosed Caiman

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      34 results
      Bredsnudet Kaiman Danish
      Bredsnutekaiman Norwegian Bokmål
      Breedsnuitkaaiman Dutch
      Breitschnauzenkaiman German
      Broad-nosed Caiman English
      Broad-snouted caiman English
      Broad-snouted caiman or Black Caiman English
      Caimano dal muso largo Italian
      Caïman à museau large French
      Geniş burunlu kayman Turkish

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      117 results
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      Brito, E. S., Valadão, R. M., Malvasio, A., Freitas, A. F. F., Muniz, F. L., Molina, F. B., Souza, F. L., Moura, G. J. B., Costa, H. C., Bassetti, L. A. B., Friol, N. R., Rocha, S. B., Gomides, S. C., Marques, T. S., & Portelinha, T. C. G. (2025). Quelônios Continentais e Crocodilianos do Brasil, 1. Ed. Agência Estadual de Meio Ambiente Do Estado de Pernambuco, Recife, 350pp.
      Cornejo-Páramo, P., Lira-Noriega, A., Ramírez-Suástegui, C. et al. (2020). Sex determination systems in reptiles are related to ambient temperature but not to the level of climatic fluctuation. BMC Evol Biol 20: 103.
      Parachú Marcó, María Virginia, Alejandro Larriera and Carlos Ignacio Piña. (2015). Red Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) Effects on Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris) Nest Success. Journal of Herpetology 49 (1): 70-74.
      Trutnau, L., & Sommerlad, R. (2006). Crocodilians. Their natural history and captive husbandry. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 646 Pp. [Review in Reptilia GB 48: 8-10].
      Schmidt Villela, P. Marqui; Lehmann Coutinho, L.; Ignacio Piña, C.; Verdade, L.M. (2008). Macrogeographic Genetic Variation in Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris). J. Exp. Zool. 309: 628-636.
      Piña, C.I., A. Larriera & M.R. Cabrera. (2003). Effect of Incubation Temperature on Incubation Period, Sex Ratio, Hatching Success, and Survivorship in Caiman latirostris (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae). Journal of Herpetology 37 (1): 199-202.
      Cacciali, Pier; Norman J. Scott, Aida Luz Aquino Ortíz, Lee A. Fitzgerald, and Paul Smith. (2016). The Reptiles of Paraguay: Literature, Distribution, and an Annotated Taxonomic Checklist. Special Publication of the Museum of Southwestern Biology, Number 11: 1–373.
      Wermuth, H., & Fuchs, K. (1978). Bestimmen von Krokodilen und ihrer Häute. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart - New York, 100 Pages, [ISBN 3-437-30268-X].
      Blanco, M.V. Fernandez; Bona, P.; Olivares, A.I.; Desojo, J.B. (2015). Ontogenetic variation in the skulls of Caiman: the case of Caiman latirostris and Caiman yacare (Alligatoridae, Caimaninae). The Herpetological Journal 25 (2): 65-73.

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