Spectacled Caiman
Caiman crocodilus · described by (LINNAEUS 1758)
Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
The facts
- Scientific name
- Caiman crocodilus
- First described
- (LINNAEUS 1758)
- Also called
- Spectacled Caiman
- Class
- Reptiles (Reptilia)
- Order
- Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
- Family
- Alligatoridae
- Genus
- Caiman
- Subspecies
- Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis MEDEM 1955
- Caiman crocodilus chiapasius (BOCOURT 1876)
- Caiman crocodilus crocodilus (LINNAEUS 1758)
- Caiman crocodilus fuscus (COPE 1868)
Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.