Caiman latirostris
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Alligatoridae
Subfamilia: Caimaninae
Genus: Caiman
Species: Caiman latirostris
Subspecies (2): C. l. chacoensis – C. l. latirostris
Name
Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1801)
Type locality: Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil (designated by Freiberg & Carvalho, 1965)
Holotype: MNHN 7769
Neotype: MNRJ 1258 (not valid as the holotype wasn't lost)
Synonymy
- Crocodilus latirostris Daudin, 1802
- Caiman fissipes Spix, 1825
- Champsa fissipes Wagler, 1828 (fide Hoogmoed & Gruber, 1983)
- Alligator cynocephalus Duméril & Bibron, 1836
- Champsa fissipes — Gulliver, 1846
- Jacare latirostris — Gray, 1862
- Alligator latirostris — Strauch, 1866 (partim)
- Alligator latirostris — Boulenger, 1886
- Caiman latirostris - Boulenger, 1889 (partim)
- Jacaretinga latirostris — Vaillant, 1898
- Caiman latirostris latirostris — Freiberg & Carvalho, 1965
- Caiman latirostris — Nickel & Auliya, 2004
References
Primary references
- Daudin, F.M. 1801. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Second. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 432 pp. + pls. XVI–XXVIII. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
- Freiberg, M.A. & Carvalho, A.L. 1965. El yacare Sudamericano Caiman latirostris (Daudin). Physis 25(70): 351–360.
- Caramaschi, U. & Soares, M.A. 1995. An Invalid Neotype Designation for Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802) (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae). Journal of herpetology 29(1): 136–137. DOI: 10.2307/1565100
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Links
- Listed animal in CITES Appendix I except the population of Argentina, which is in Appendix II
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Caiman latirostris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 October 2021.
- IUCN: Caiman latirostris (Least Concern)
- Caiman latirostris – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Breitschnauzenkaiman
English: Broad-snouted caiman or Black Caiman
español: Yacaré overo
suomi: Leveäkuonokaimaani
français: Caïman à museau large
עברית: קיימן רחב חרטום
magyar: Sakáre-kajmán
日本語: クチヒロカイマン
Nederlands: Breedsnuitkaaiman
polski: Kajman szerokopyski
português: Jacaré-de-papo-amarelo
Türkçe: Geniş burunlu kayman
