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Animals, 2023 To assess skin color change in alligators, we maintained animals in differently lighted environments and also measured skin colors in an ontogenetic series of wild animals. Juvenile alligators maintained in black enclosures exhibited a gradual lightening
Cadre Francis +4 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 Caiman latirostris has a large geographic distribution, that includes Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. In Brazil illegal hunting and land use change have caused population decline, relatively well documented in the last three decades ...
Rodrigo Barban Zucoloto +5 more
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Herpetofauna em um fragmento de Floresta Atlântica no Estado da Paraíba, Região Nordeste do Brasil
Biotemas, 2008 A herpetofauna de um fragmento urbano de Floresta Atlântica foi estudada quanto à riqueza de espéciese à utilização do habitat. A coleta de espécimes foi realizada através de procura visual limitada por tempo e armadilhas de interceptação e queda ...
Gindomar Gomes Santana +5 more
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Primeiro registro de Caiman (Crocodilya, Alligatoridae) para o Pleistoceno do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil [PDF]
, 2021 A first record of Alligatoridae reptiles is made to the coastal plain deposits from Rio Grande do Sul State, in southern Brazil. The fossil bone represents a part of a left premaxilla and is probably related to the lagoon sediments of the Barrier-Lagoon ...
Hsiou, Annie Schmaltz +1 more
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First report of predation of a smooth-fronted caiman (Paleosuchus trigonatus) by a Neotropical otter (Lontra longicaudis) [PDF]
Acta AmazonicaLontra longicaudis is a semi-aquatic predator which mainly feeds on fish and crustaceans, but which can opportunistically predate mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Diogo de Lima FRANCO +2 more
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The relationship between nesting habitat and hatching success in Caiman latirostris (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) [PDF]
Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2006 The Broad-snouted Caiman uses different habitats for nesting; it has temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) and nesting habitat selection by females could affect sex and other hatchlings characteristics.
Juan Pablo Montini +4 more
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Temperature variation in nests of Caiman crocodilus (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae)
Acta Herpetologica, 2007 Caiman crocodilus is a widely distributed species in the Neotropics; however, studies of incubation temperatures in wildlife are uncommon. Incubation temperature in four nests of Caiman crocodilus were measured with a digital thermometer, in the National
Armando H. Escobedo Galván
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Asian crocodile poaching: A review of molecular techniques developed for forensic identification
Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine, 2022 Crocodiles, gharials and alligators (order Crocodilia), are aquatic reptiles that live in the tropics of Asia, America, Africa, and Australia. Asian countries such as India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and tropics of Australia are the stronghold of the family ...
Ishani Mitra, Soma Roy, Ikramul Haque
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, 2007 Family Alligatoridae <p> <i>Caiman latirrostris</i> (Daudin, 1802)</p> <p> <i>Paradiplostomum abbreviatum</i> (Brandes, 1888) La Rue, 1926</p>Published as part of <i>Lunaschi, Lía I.
Lunaschi, Lía I., Drago, Fabiana B.
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Estudio poblacional de caimanes (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) en la Amazonía ecuatoriana
, 2012 El orden Crocodylia es un grupo antiguo con cientos de formas fósiles y está conformado actualmente por 23 especies, agrupadas en ocho géneros y tres familias: Crocodylidae (cocodrilos), Alligatoridae (aligátores y caimanes) y Gavialidae (gaviales).
Ortiz Yépez, Diego Armando
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