Animalia > Chordata > Crocodylia > Alligatoridae > Caiman > Caiman yacareCaiman yacare (Yacare caiman)Synonyms: Caiman crocodilus matogrossoiensis; Caiman crocodilus paraguayiensis; Caiman crocodilus yacare; Caiman sclerops (heterotypic); Champsa vallifrons; Crocodilus yacare; Jacare longiscutata; Jacare multiscutata; Jacare ocellata; Jacaretinga crocodilus; Jacaretinga punctulatus The spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus), also known as the white caiman or common caiman, is a crocodilian reptile found in much of Central and South America. It lives in a range of lowland wetland and riverine habitat types, and can tolerate salt water, as well as fresh; due in part to this adaptability, it is the most common of all crocodilian species. |
| Adult Weight [1] | 25.089 lbs (11.38 kg) | | Birth Weight [1] | 48 grams | | Female Weight [1] | 23.259 lbs (10.55 kg) | | Male Weight [1] | 26.919 lbs (12.21 kg) | | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 15.7 % |  | | Egg Length [1] | 2.52 inches (64 mm) | | Gestation [1] | 81 days | | Litter Size [1] | 25 | | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | | Maximum Longevity [1] | 60 years | | | Female Maturity [1] | 6 years | | Male Maturity [1] | 6 years 6 months |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
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Alta Paraná Atlantic forests |
Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Araucaria moist forests |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Beni savanna |
Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Cerrado |
Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Dry Chaco |
Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Humid Chaco |
Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Pantanal |
Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay |
Neotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Paraná flooded savanna |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Southern Cone Mesopotamian savanna |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Southwest Amazon moist forests |
Peru, Brazil, Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Atlantic Forest |
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay |
No |
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Cerrado |
Brazil |
No |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Anurans as prey: an exploratory analysis and size relationships between predators and their prey, L. F. Toledo, R. S. Ribeiro & C. F. B. Haddad, Journal of Zoology 271 (2007) 170–177 ♦ 3Nasua nasua, Matthew E. Gompper and Denise M. Decker, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 580, pp. 1-9 (1998) ♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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