Smooth-fronted caiman

Smooth-fronted caiman

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
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)

The smooth-fronted caiman (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 metres (7.5 ft) in length.

References

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Extant Crocodilian species

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Sauropsida · (unranked): Archosauria · Superorder: Crocodylomorpha

Alligatorinae
(Alligators)

Alligator	American alligator (A. mississippiensis) · Chinese alligator (A. sinensis)

Caimaninae
(Caimans)

Caiman	Broad-snouted caiman (C. latirostris) · Spectacled caiman (C. crocodilus) · Yacare caiman (C. yacare)

Melanosuchus	Black caiman (M. niger)

Paleosuchus	Cuvier's dwarf caiman (P. palpebrosus) · Smooth-fronted caiman (P. trigonatus)

Crocodylus	American crocodile (C. acutus) · Slender-snouted crocodile (C. cataphractus) · Orinoco crocodile (C. intermedius) · Freshwater crocodile (C. johnsoni) · Philippine crocodile (C. mindorensis) · Morelet's crocodile (C. moreletii) · Nile crocodile (C. niloticus) · New Guinea crocodile (C. novaeguineae) · Mugger crocodile (C. palustris) · Saltwater crocodile (C. porosus) · Cuban crocodile (C. rhombifer) · Siamese crocodile (C. siamensis)

Osteolaemus	Dwarf crocodile (O. tetraspis)

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