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Caiman latirostris
The alligator-of-crop-yellow alligator is a typical South America distributed in the coast of Rio Grande do Norte to Rio Grande do Sul The species inhabits the tropical forests, preferring areas of marshland, with its ponds, lakes and rivers. It is a carnivorous animal that lives about 50 years. They are known by this name because, during the mating, these animals tend to stay with the area of the yellow chat. It measures 1.5 m on average between 2.5 m but copies have been captured over 3.5 m. They are characterized by having a strong bite, and can break the shell of a turtle with ease. These animals tend to feed on crustaceans and small mammals, eventually larger specimens can attack larger prey.
inhabits swamps, lakes, swamps and rivers from the coast of Rio Grande do Norte to Rio Grande do Sul and São Francisco river basin, Paraná, Paraguay and Paraíba.
Spotted on Jan 3, 2012
Submitted on Jan 28, 2012
4 Comments
Congrats! That's a great picture from the caiman. I've never seem it in the park, although I always look for it =)
Obrigado, Sérgio. Entretanto o registro do animal foi feito realmente no Parque Barigui, onde semanalmente caminho /Thank you, Sergio. However, the record of the animal was actually made in Barigui Park, where a weekly way.
Aliás, é uma bela foto / By the way, it is a nice picture
Eu percebi que algumas de suas fotos foram tiradas no Zoológico de Curitiba. Nestes casos, é importante que este fato seja destacado, para que não haja confusão em relação ao habitat destes animais (afinal, não temos jacarés à solta em Curitiba desde que os do Parque Barigui foram enviados ao zoo...). / I noticed some of his photos were taken in Curitiba's zoo. In these cases, it is important that this fact is highlighted, so there is no confusion regarding the habitat of these animals (after all, we do not have caimans in the wild in Curitiba since Barigui Park's ones were sent to the zoo ...).
Veja como / See how
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