Smooth-fronted Caiman

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Smooth-fronted Caiman
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Genus: Paleosuchus
Species: P. trigonatus
Binomial name
Paleosuchus trigonatus
(Schneider, 1801)
Smooth-Fronted Caiman distribution (green)
Smooth-Fronted Caiman distribution (green)

The Smooth-fronted Caiman Hader Perkere (Paleosuchus trigonatus), also known as Schneider's Smooth-fronted Caiman, is a crocodilian reptile from South America. It is found in the Amazon Basin of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.

It is also the second smallest species of the alligatoridae family reaching up to 2.3 meters of length.

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