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Hepatozoon caimani in Caiman crocodilus yacare (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) from North Pantanal, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2017
Hepatozoon species are the most common intracellular hemoparasite found in reptiles. Hepatozoon caimani, whose vectors are Culex mosquitoes, has been detected in a high prevalence among caimans in Brazil by blood smears examinations.
Andréa Bouer, Marcos Rogério André, Luiz Ricardo Gonçalves, Mayara de Cássia Luzzi, Juliana Paula de Oliveira, Adriana Carlos Rodrigues, Alessandro de Melo Varani, Vitor Fernandes Oliveira de Miranda, Lívia Perles, Karin Werther, Rosangela Zacarias Machado   +10 more
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Wild Encounters: Analyzing Human–Animal Interactions in British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums Facilities

Zoo Biology, Volume 44, Issue 5, Page 461-473, September/October 2025.
We investigated the quantity and diversity of animal–visitor interactions in BIAZA‐accredited facilities, finding 740 opportunities for interactions across a range of contexts including walkthroughs and handling. Meet and greets were the most offered and were influenced by the number of individual animals, cost of interaction, and animal popularity ...
Thomas Welsh, Emma L. Clayton, Annika Paukner, Ellen Williams, Samantha Ward   +4 more
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Osteologia de Melanosuchus niger (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) e a evidência evolutiva

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira
RESUMO: O objetivo foi realizar a descrição anatômica do esqueleto de Melanosuchus niger, com o intuito de contribuir com informações evolutivas sobre a espécie. Utilizaram-se três espécimes adultos de M.
Lucélia G. Vieira, André L.Q. Santos, Fabiano C. Lima, Sônia H.S.T. Mendonça, Lorena T. Menezes, Antônio Sebben   +5 more
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ANATOMIA MUSCULAR DO MEMBRO TORÁCICO DE Caiman crocodilus crocodilus (LINNAEUS, 1758) (CROCODYLIA: ALLIGATORIDAE)

Ciência Animal Brasileira, 2016
Dentre os crocodilianos brasileiros, Caiman crocodilus crocodilus apresenta ampla distribuição, haja vista sua adaptação a habitats diversificados e sua dieta generalista.
Fabiano Campos Lima, Anastácia Vale Leite, André Luiz Quagliatto Santos, Dayane Kelly Sabec-Pereira, Eugênio Gonçalves Araújo, Kleber Fernando Pereira   +5 more
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Illegal trade of crocodylians in Colombia: Spatiotemporal dynamics and implications on conservation efforts

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 7, Issue 7, July 2025.
Crocodylian conservation effectiveness has been limited by illegal trade as well as changes in control and trade policies. We assessed spatiotemporal dynamics of illegal crocodylian trade in Colombia from 2010 to 2022 based on data collected by regional and district environmental authorities and discussed its implications on conservation efforts ...
Edison D. Bonilla‐Liberato, Maria C. Ojeda‐Rojas, Venetia Briggs‐Gonzalez, Frank J. Mazzotti, Sergio A. Balaguera‐Reina   +4 more
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Growth and textural ageing in long bones of the American alligator Alligator mississippiensis (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae)

, 2007
Figure 1. Diagrammatic representation of Alligator long bones illustrating bone landmarks used in determining sizeindependent maturity estimates. Elements are all drawn to the same scale and are not in proportion to one another as they would be in a ...
PETER DODSON, Tumarkin-Deratzian, Allison R., ALLISON R. TUMARKIN-DERATZIAN, Dodson, Peter, DAVID R. VANN, Vann, David R.   +5 more
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Cannibalism in Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802) (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) in a permanent pond from Northeastern Brazil

Acta Herpetologica
O canibalismo é um comportamento predatório intraespecífico amplamente difundido entre vertebrados e invertebrados, incluindo crocodilianos. No entanto, os registos para o jacaré-de-focinho-largo (Caiman latirostris) ainda são escassos.
Kevin Anderson Cirilo da Silva, Juliana Delfino de Sousa, Marcelo Nogueira de Carvalho Kokubum   +2 more
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Concentrações séricas de proteínas, metabólitos e enzimas do jacaré tinga Caiman crocodilus (CROCODYLIA, ALLIGATORIDAE) da região do médio Rio Araguaia [PDF]

, 2015
Caiman crocodilus is popularly known as caimans, belonging to Sub Class Archosauria, Alligatoridae Family, subfamily Aligatorinae. The objective was to measure the variations of the biochemical constituents of Caimam free crocodilus, using 30 species ...
Monteiro, Eva Mendes
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Pseudosuchian thermometabolism: A review of the past two decades

The Anatomical Record, Volume 308, Issue 2, Page 315-341, February 2025.
Abstract Pseudosuchia, one of the two main clades of Archosauria, is today only represented by some 20 extant species, the crocodilians, representing only a fraction of its extinct diversity. Extant crocodilians are ectotherms but present morphological and anatomical features usually associated with endothermy.
Mathieu Gabriel Faure‐Brac
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Bases ósseas e musculares do corte comercial de pescoço de jacaré-do-pantanal (Caimanyacare Daudin, 1802)

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2016
Resumo: O jacaré-do-pantanal (Caiman yacare) é uma espécie abundante no ecossistema do Pantanal. Sua exploração comercial está regulamentada desde 1990 e se tornou um agronegócio em expansão.
Sandra I.S. Figueiredo, Luciana B.M. Araújo, Rosa H.S. Ferraz, Eugênio G. Araújo   +3 more
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