Smooth-fronted caiman

Smooth-fronted caiman; Temporal range: Late Pleistocene - Recent, 0.1–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	A smooth-fronted caiman at Zoologischer Garten Berlin in Berlin, Germany
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Clade:	Archosauriformes
Order:	Crocodilia
Family:	Alligatoridae
Subfamily:	Caimaninae
Genus:	Paleosuchus
Species:	P. trigonatus
Binomial name
	Paleosuchus trigonatus; (Schneider, 1801)
	Smooth-fronted caiman distribution (green)
Synonyms
	List Crocodilus (Alligator) trigonatus (Merrem, 1820) ; Champsa trigonata (Wagler, 1830) ; Alligator palpebrosus (Dumeril and Bibron, 1836) ; Caiman trigonatus (Gray, 1844) ; Caiman (Paleosuchus) trigonatus (Gray, 1862) ; Jacaretinga trigonatus (Vaillant, 1898) ; Paleosuchus niloticus (Muller, 1924) ; Crocodylus niloticus (Werner, 1933) ;

The smooth-fronted caiman (Paleosuchus trigonatus), also known as Schneider's dwarf caiman or Schneider's smooth-fronted caiman,^[4] is a crocodilian from South America, where it is native to the Amazon and Orinoco Basins. It is the second-smallest species of the family Alligatoridae, the smallest being Cuvier's dwarf caiman, also from tropical South America and in the same genus. An adult typically grows to around 1.2 to 1.6 m (3.9 to 5.2 ft) in length and weighs between 9 and 20 kg (20 and 44 lb). Exceptionally large males can reach as much as 2.3 m (7.5 ft) in length and 36 kg (79 lb) in weight.

^ Rio, Jonathan P.; Mannion, Philip D. (6 September 2021). "Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843.
^ Campos, Z.; Magnusson, W.E.; Muniz, F. (2019). "Paleosuchus trigonatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T46588A3010035. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T46588A3010035.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
^ Paleosuchus trigonatus, The Reptile Database.

[Rio2021-1] Rio, Jonathan P.; Mannion, Philip D. (6 September 2021). "Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843.

[IUCN-2] Campos, Z.; Magnusson, W.E.; Muniz, F. (2019). "Paleosuchus trigonatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T46588A3010035. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T46588A3010035.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[3] "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

[4] Paleosuchus trigonatus, The Reptile Database.

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Smooth-fronted caiman Temporal range: Late Pleistocene - Recent, 0.1–0 Ma^[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

A smooth-fronted caiman at Zoologischer Garten Berlin in Berlin, Germany
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[2]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)^[3]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Clade:	Archosauriformes
Order:	Crocodilia
Family:	Alligatoridae
Subfamily:	Caimaninae
Genus:	Paleosuchus
Species:	P. trigonatus
Binomial name
*Paleosuchus trigonatus* (Schneider, 1801)

Smooth-fronted caiman distribution (green)
Synonyms
List Crocodilus (Alligator) trigonatus (Merrem, 1820) Champsa trigonata (Wagler, 1830) Alligator palpebrosus (Dumeril and Bibron, 1836) Caiman trigonatus (Gray, 1844) Caiman (Paleosuchus) trigonatus (Gray, 1862) Jacaretinga trigonatus (Vaillant, 1898) Paleosuchus niloticus (Muller, 1924) Crocodylus niloticus (Werner, 1933)

Smooth-fronted caiman

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