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Common Caiman

Caiman crocodilus chiapasius (Bocourt 1876)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Caiman crocodilus chiapasius (Bocourt 1876)
Recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Caiman crocodilus chiapasius
Subspecies recognized by NCBI
Caiman crocodilus chiapasius (Bocourt 1876)
Subspecies recognized by GBIF classification
Caiman crocodilus chiapasius (Bocourt 1876)
Recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Caiman crocodilus Linnaeus 1758
Recognized by ReptileDB
Caiman crocodilus chiapasius
Subspecies recognized by Barcode of Life Data Systems
Caiman crocodilus chiapasius (Bocourt 1876)
Subspecies recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, iNaturalist, and Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Caiman crocodilus chiapasius (Bocourt 1876)
Recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Alternative Names

Alligator (Jacare) chiapasius Bocourt 1876
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Alligator sclerops
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Alligator (Jacare) chiapasius Bocourt 1876
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and ReptileDB
Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis Medem 1955
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Caiman crocodilus chiapasius (Bocourt 1876)
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Caiman crocodilus fuscus
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Caiman crocodilus fuscus (Cope 1868)
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Caiman crocodilus
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Caiman crocodylus
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Caiman sclerops apaporiensis Medem 1955
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Caiman sclerops Schneider 1801
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodilus sclerops
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Crocodilus sclerops Schneider 1801
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Lacerta crocodilus Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Perosuchus fuscus
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Perosuchus fuscus Cope 1868
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Alligator (Jacare) chiapasius Bocourt 1876
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Alligator chiapasius Bocourt 1876
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Common Names

English

Common caiman preferred
Recognized by ReptileDB
Spectacled caiman
prefer
Recognized by ReptileDB

German

Brillenkaiman preferred
Recognized by ReptileDB

Curated hierarchies for Caiman crocodilus chiapasius (Bocourt 1876)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Crocodylomorpha
Crocodylia
Alligatoridae
Caiman
Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus 1758)
Caiman crocodilus chiapasius (Bocourt 1876) (this page)
Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis Medem 1955
Caiman crocodilus crocodilus (Linnaeus 1758)
Caiman crocodilus fuscus (Cope 1868)

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Crocodylia
Eusuchia
Alligatoridae
Caiman
Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus 1758)
Caiman crocodilus chiapasius (Bocourt 1876) (this page)
Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis Medem 1955
Caiman crocodilus crocodilus (Linnaeus 1758)
Caiman crocodilus fuscus (Cope 1868)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Crocodylomorpha
Crocodylia
Alligatoridae
Caiman
Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus 1758)
Caiman crocodilus chiapasius (Bocourt 1876) (this page)
Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis Medem 1955
Caiman crocodilus crocodilus (Linnaeus 1758)
Caiman crocodilus fuscus (Cope 1868)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Crocodylomorpha
Crocodylia
Alligatoridae
Caiman
Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus 1758)
Caiman crocodilus chiapasius (Bocourt 1876) (this page)
Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis Medem 1955
Caiman crocodilus crocodilus (Linnaeus 1758)
Caiman crocodilus fuscus (Cope 1868)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Crocodylia
Alligatoridae
Caiman Spix 1825
Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus 1758)
Caiman crocodilus chiapasius (Bocourt 1876) (this page)
Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis Medem 1955
Caiman crocodilus crocodilus
Caiman crocodilus fuscus (Cope 1868)
Caiman crocodilus yacare Daudin 1802

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Reptilia Laurenti 1768
Crocodilia
Alligatoridae
Caiman Spix 1825
Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus 1758)
Caiman crocodilus chiapasius (Bocourt 1876) (this page)
Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis Medem 1955
Caiman crocodilus crocodilus (Linnaeus 1758)
Caiman crocodilus fuscus (Cope 1868)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Archelosauria
Archosauria
Crocodylia
Alligatoridae
Caimaninae
Caiman
Caiman crocodilus
Caiman crocodilus chiapasius (this page)
Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis
Caiman crocodilus crocodilus
Caiman crocodilus fuscus
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