Caiman latirostris

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Caiman latirostris

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Reptilia
Subclassis: Diapsida
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Divisio: Archosauria
Subdivisio: Crurotarsi
Superordo: Crocodylomorpha
Ordo: Crocodilia
Subordo: Eusuchia
Familia: Alligatoridae
Subfamilia: Caimaninae
Genus: Caiman
Species: Caiman latirostris
Subspecies: C. l. chacoensis - C. l. latirostris

[edit] Name

Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802)

Type locality: Joinvilla, Santa Catarina, Brasil (designated by Freiberg & Carvalho, 1965)

Holotype: MNHN 7769; MNRJ 1258

[edit] Synonyms

• 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

[edit] References

• Daudin 1802. "Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles; ouvrage faisant suit à l'Histoire naturell générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon; et rédigee par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes." Vol. 2. F. Dufart, Paris [1802], 432 pp.
• [1] Listed animal in CITES Appendix I except the population of Argentina, which is in Appendix II
• Caiman latirostris at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 August 2009.
• IUCN link: Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802) (Least Concern)
• Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802) Report on ITIS

[edit] Vernacular names

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