Schneider's smooth- faced cayman ( Latin: Paleosuchus trigonatus ) is one of two types of smooth- faced caymanas .
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 Photo of a young smooth-faced cayman Schneider (Peru) | ||||||||||||||
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Security status IUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 46588 |
Content
- 1 Description
- 1.1 Appearance
- 1.2 Distribution and habitats
- 1.3 Reproduction
- 2 Schneider's Smooth Cayman and Man
- 3 Literature
- 4 notes
Description
Appearance
The size of sexually mature specimens usually does not exceed 1–1.3 m, but sometimes they reach 2 m. The maximum is 2.6 meters [1] .
Distribution and habitat
The range of the smooth-faced caiman Schneider is located within the basins of the Orinoco and Amazon rivers from Venezuela , Guyana , Suriname and Guiana , in the north and to southern Brazil in the south.
Reproduction
In clutch from 10 to 17 eggs.
Schneider's Smooth Cayman and Man
View in the zoos of the USA . It is protected in national parks of Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname and Guiana. Due to successful environmental activities and effective protection of Schneider's smooth-faced caimans, they were removed from the IUCN Red List , but international trade is still regulated by the list of Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade.
Literature
- Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. Rare and endangered animals. Amphibians and reptiles: Ref. allowance / ed. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Higher school, 1988. - S. 412. - 463 p., [16] p. silt - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-06-001429-0 .