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Host species and age‐specific variation on Hepatozoon prevalence and its effect on body condition in two Neotropical crocodiles

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 ...
Alfonso Marzal, Wendy Flores‐Saavedra, Sergio Magallanes, Jaime Muriel, Jefferson Lezama‐Briceño, Luis Alberto García‐Ayachi, Esteban Fong, Carlos Mora‐Rubio, Carlos Mendoza, Blanca Saldaña, Alazne Díez‐Fernández, José Martin, Carlos Marcial Perea‐Sicchar, Manuel González‐Blázquez   +13 more
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Two new species of Pseudotelorchis (Digenea, Telorchiidae), parasites of the Caiman, Caiman crocodilus yacare (Reptilia, Crocodylia) from the Pantanal Mato-Grossense, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1993
Pseudotelorchis caimanis n. sp. and P. yacarei n. sp. are described based on specimens collected from Caiman crocodilus yacare (Daudin) in the Pantanal Mato-grossense, Brazil.
Joäo B. Catto, J. F. R. Amato
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Aspectos morfológicos do parasita Hepatozoon caimani em jacaré (Caiman crocodilus yacare) no Pantanal Sul. [PDF]

, 2013
O gênero Hepatozoon (Carini, 1909) contpem um grande número de parasitas sangüíneos pertencentes ao filo apicomplexa e são encontrados em vários grupos de vertebrados terrestres e invertebrados hematófagos (Levine, 1988). Desde a sua descrição, um grande
LIMA, E. S. de S., SILVA, R. A. M. S.
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Uncovering barriers and paths for ensuring road mitigation to reduce wildlife collisions: Establishing grounds for action

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 7, Issue 9, September 2025.
Defining and addressing challenges is essential for effective wildlife‐vehicle collision (WVC) mitigation. Our study focuses on identifying key barriers that hinder the implementation of mitigation measures and proposes actionable paths to overcome them.
Yuri Geraldo Gomes Ribeiro, Erica Naomi Saito, Mariana Labão Catapani, Rafael Batista de Morais, Débora Regina Yogui, Taís Sonetti‐González, Maria Mancilla Garcia, Arnaud Léonard Jean Desbiez   +7 more
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The respiratory mechanics of the yacare caiman (Caiman yacare).

The Journal of experimental biology, 2019
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
Reichert, Michelle N., Oliveira, Paulo R. C. de, Souza, George M. P. R., Moranza, Henriette G., Restan, Wilmer A. Z., Abe, Augusto S., Klein, Wilfried, Milsom, William K.   +7 more
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The osteohistology of Orthosuchus stormbergi using synchrotron radiation microcomputed tomography

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 247, Issue 3-4, Page 587-607, September/October 2025.
The osteohistology of Orthosuchus stormbergi is described for the first time. The primary bone tissue was lamellar bone. It had relatively thick bone walls, possibly indicating an aquatic lifestyle. Orthosuchus was a small bodied adult reaching a maximum body mass of about 1.2 kg.
Bailey M. Weiss, Kathleen N. Dollman, Jonah N. Choiniere, Claire Browning, Jennifer Botha   +4 more
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Fatty acid profiles in meat from Caiman yacare (Caiman crocodilus yacare) raised in the wild or in captivity

Meat Science, 2010
Chemical composition and fatty acid profiles were determined in Caiman yacare meat originating from the neck and tail cuts of animals raised in the wild (n=6) or in captivity (n=6), slaughtered at a live weight of approximately 6 kg. All experimental methods were approved by the appropriate environmental protection agencies.
Vicente-Neto, João, Bressan, Maria Cristina, Faria, Peter Bitencourt, Vieira, Josye Oliveira e, Cardoso, Maria das Graças, Glória, Maria Beatriz de Abreu, Gama, Luis Telo da   +6 more
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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.
CAMPOS, Z. M. da S., COUTINHO, M. E., MAGNUSSON, W., MOURÃO, G. de M.   +3 more
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Aspectos ecológicos de la anidación de Caiman crocodilus chiapasius (Bocourt, 1876) en la reserva de la biosfera La Encrucijada, México [PDF]

, 2016
Existen pocos estudios sobre el caimán de anteojos, Caiman crocodilus chiapasius, realizados en México. En el presente estudio evaluamos las características clave de la ecología reproductiva del caimán en México. Se realizó una búsqueda de nidos entre
Charruau, P., González–Desales, G. A., Monroy–Vilchis, O., Zarco–González, M. M.   +3 more
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Distribution patterns, population status and conservation of Melanosuchus niger and Caiman yacare (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) in oxbow lakes of the Ichilo river floodplain, Bolivia

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2008
Caiman yacare (lagarto) and Melanosuchus niger (black caiman), sympatric species in the Bolivian Amazon basin, have been severely overexploited in the past. We present the results of a standardized survey of C. yacare and M. niger populations in order to
Ximena Aguilera, Jorge S Coronel, Thierry Oberdorff, Paul A Van Damme   +3 more
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