Smooth-fronted Caiman

Taxobox
name = Smooth-fronted Caiman


status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Crocodilia
familia = Alligatoridae
genus = "Paleosuchus"
species = "P. trigonatus"
binomial = "Paleosuchus trigonatus"
binomial_authority = (Schneider, 1801)
range_

range_map_width = 250px
range_map_caption = Smooth-Fronted Caiman distribution (green)

The Smooth-fronted Caiman ("Paleosuchus trigonatus"), also known as Schneider's Smooth-fronted Caiman, is a crocodilian reptile from South America. It is found in the Amazon Basin of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.

It is also the second smallest species of the Alligatoridae family reaching up to 2.3 meters of length.

References

* Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/46588/all Paleosuchus trigomatus] ["sic"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
* [http://www.tigr.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Paleosuchus&species=trigonatus Information about Paleosuchus trigonatus] - The Reptile Database.

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