Observations of an Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) Nest and Behavior of Hatchlings in Clark County, with anecdotal observations of other Alligator Nests in Arkansas [PDF]
, 2019 Historically, the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) ranged through southern and much of eastern Arkansas. By the early 1900s, alligator populations had declined due to unregulated hunting, commercial exploitation, and habitat loss. In 1961,
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Wildlife Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 5, September 2025.Many populations of species belonging to the order Crocodilia are threatened due to illegal trafficking, indiscriminate hunting, and habitat loss and degradation affecting crocodilian health and parasitic load. Although several studies have revealed that crocodiles, caimans, and alligators are frequently infected by Hepatozoon spp., the results from ...
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Biologia reprodutiva de jacaré-do-papo-amarelo no rio Paraná, Brasil. [PDF]
, 2013 O jacaré-do-papo-amarelo, Caiman latirostris, tem ampla distribuição geográfica em países da América do Sul - Bolívia, Paraguai, Brasil, Argentina e Uruguai. (Medem, 1983).
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GATORNOMICS: PROFITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF ALLIGATORS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES [PDF]
The American alligator is no longer an endangered species. Alligator farms and ranches are regulated by government agencies, which provide economic incentives to ensure sustainable use.
Frechette, Darren L., Heykoop, Jerry
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, 1996 Number of Pages: 7Integrative BiologyGeological ...
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Egg shape changes at the theropod–bird transition, and a morphometric study of amniote eggs [PDF]
, 2014 The eggs of amniotes exhibit a remarkable variety of shapes, from spherical to elongate and from symmetrical to asymmetrical. We examine eggshell geometry in a diverse sample of fossil and living amniotes using geometric morphometrics and linear ...
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Clutch size of Caiman latirostris (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) varies on a latitudinal gradient [PDF]
, 2009 The distribution of the Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris) ranges from 5°S to 32°S. Thus, caiman populations are exposed to different climatic conditions, and this latitudinal gradient could affect aspects of their reproduction.
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Osmoregulation by the Broad-Snouted Caiman, "Caiman latirostris", in Estuarine Habitat in Southern Brazil [PDF]
, 1998 The broad-snouted caiman Caiman latirostris, of South America mostly frequents freshwater but occurs also in estuaries. Nothing of substance is known of its osmoregulatory physiology but, in the light of accumulating evidence that alligatorids lack ...
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Movimento e área de uso do jacaré-do-pantanal. [PDF]
, 2011 O estudo dos padrões de movimento dos jacarés do Pantanal ocorreu em uma área de lagos isolados e em uma área cortada por rios intermitentes no Pantanal.
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Comportamento de termorregulação do jacaré-do-pantanal, Caiman crocodilus yacare. [PDF]
, 2011 A temperatura corpórea de 51 jacarés do Pantanal foi monitorada nos períodos de frio e calor em áreas de lagos e rios. A massa corpórea desses jacarés variou de 2 a 42 kg e seu tamanho afetou a temperatura média e a amplitude corpórea.
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