Alligators and Caimans
Alligatoridae
The family Alligatoridae of crocodylians includes alligators and caimans.
5 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 8 known species
Alligators
genusAlligator
Typical Caimans
genusCaiman
Dwarf Caimans
genusPaleosuchus
Black Caimans
genusMelanosuchus
Caimaninae
subfamilyCaimaninae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 121038.