Caiman crocodilus

Scientific name:

Caiman crocodilus

Threat level:

Lower risk

Authority:

Linnaeus, 1758

Common names:

• Common caiman (English)
• Spectacled caiman (English)

Version:

2.3

Year assessed:

1996

Assessor(s):

Crocodile Specialist Group

Justification:

Probably numbers in the millions, widely distributed throughout range, although locally depleted or extirpated in some localities.

Assessment annotations:

Needs updating

Geographic ranges:

• Brazil (Native)
• Colombia (Native)
• Costa Rica (Native)
• Ecuador (Native)
• El Salvador (Native)
• French Guiana (Native)
• Guatemala (Native)
• Guyana (Native)
• Honduras (Native)
• Mexico (Native)
• Nicaragua (Native)
• Panama (Native)
• Peru (Native)
• Suriname (Native)
• Trinidad and Tobago (Native)
• Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic Of (Native)
• Cuba (Introduced)
• Puerto Rico (Introduced)
• United States (Introduced)

Population trend:

Unknown

Ecosystems

• Terrestrial
• Freshwater

• Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• Crocodile Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
• IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
• IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.