IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Caiman crocodilus

Caiman crocodilus
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Taxonomy

Kingdom ANIMALIA

Phylum CHORDATA

Class REPTILIA

Order CROCODYLIA

Family ALLIGATORIDAE

Common Name/s COMMON CAIMAN (E)

SPECTACLED CAIMAN (E)
Species Authority (Linnaeus, 1758)

Assessment Information

Red List Category &

LR/lc ver 2.3 (1994)
Criteria

Year Assessed 1996

Assessor/s Crocodile Specialist Group

Justification Probably numbers in the millions, widely distributed throughout

range, although locally depleted or extirpated in some localities.
History 1986 - Threatened (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988 - Threatened (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)

Summary Documentation

System Terrestrial; Freshwater

Citation: Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. Caiman crocodilus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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