Real caimans

Real caimans
Crocodile caiman
Systematics
without rank: Sauropsida without rank: Archosauria Order : Crocodiles (crocodylia) Family : Alligators (Alligatoridae) Subfamily : Caimans (Caimaninae) Genre : Real caimans
Scientific name
Caiman
Spix , 1825
species
Crocodile caiman ( Caiman crocodilus ) Spectacled Caiman ( Caiman yacare ) Broad- snouted caiman ( Caiman latirostris )

The real caimans ( Caiman ) are a genus of caimans (Caimaninae) within the crocodiles (Crocodylia). Real caimans occur exclusively in South America , with the exception of the crocodile caiman, whose distribution area extends to Central America .

There are three types in total:

• Real caimans ( Caiman Spix , 1825 )
  • Crocodile caiman ( Caiman crocodylus ( Linnaeus , 1758))
  • Spectacled caiman ( Caiman yacare ( Daudin , 1801)) (status disputed)
  • Broad- snouted caiman ( Caiman latirostris ( Daudin , 1801))

The exact relationships between the real caimans and to other caimantaxa are largely unclear, an accepted hypothesis is given here.

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Caimans (Caimaninae)	Jacarea    Real caimans ( caiman )      Black caimans ( Melanosuchus )      Smooth- fronted caimans ( Palaeosuchus )

literature

• Charles A. Ross (Ed.): Crocodiles and Alligators - Development, Biology and Distribution , Orbis Verlag Niedernhausen 2002

Web links

Commons : Caiman  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Caiman in The Reptile Database