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Black caiman

Melanosuchus niger

Description:

Is a large crocodilian. It is a carnivorous reptile that lives along slow-moving rivers and lakes, in the seasonally flooded savannas of the Amazon basin. [Wikipedia]

Habitat:

South America.

Notes:

This Black caiman is held captive in a museum in Belém-PA - Brazil. [Portuguese] Esse Jacaré-açu é mantido em cativeiro em um museu em Belém-PA - Brasil. Jacaré-Açu [Brazil]

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Belém, Pará, Brazil

Spotted on Sep 21, 2010
Submitted on Nov 23, 2012

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