Caiman latirostris

Caiman latirostris

Caiman latirostris — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eusuchia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Subsectio: Pseudosuchia Cladus: Suchia Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha Cladus: Loricata Superordo: Crocodylomorpha Ordo: Crocodilia Cladus: Mesoeucrocodylia Cladus: Neosuchia Subordo: Eusuchia

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 ResearchGate .

Links

• [1] Listed animal in CITES Appendix I except the population of Argentina, which is in Appendix II
• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. 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

български: Широкомуцунест кайман
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

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