ANIMAL DIVERSITY WEB UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MUSEUM ZOOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ABOUT US ANIMAL NAMES EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS GLOSSARY BROWSE ANIMALIA INFORMATION ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE CAIMAN SPECTACLED CAIMAN FACEBOOK TWITTER KAYLA TERRY GEOGRAPHIC RANGE HABITAT PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION DEVELOPMENT REPRODUCTION BEHAVIOR COMMUNICATION PERCEPTION FOOD HABITS PREDATION ECOSYSTEM ROLES ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE POSITIVE NEGATIVE CONSERVATION STATUS REFERENCES CAIMAN CROCODILUS BROWN CROCODILIAN NATIVE NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA CENTRAL CERTAIN PARTS COSTA FRENCH PUERTO CROCODILE SPECIALIST SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGIONS NEARCTIC NEOTROPICAL CAIMANS FRESHWATER HABITATS SALT WATER RIVERS SLOW MOVING DEEP NEED ENOUGH DEPTH SUBMERGE BARTLETT REGIONS TROPICAL MARINE BIOMES LAKES PONDS STREAMS COASTAL BRACKISH WATER WETLANDS MARSH SWAMP FEATURES RIPARIAN ESTUARINE ELEVATION CROCODILIANS GENERALLY METERS MAXIMUM REPORTED LENGTH CURRENT EXCEED FEMALES SMALLER THAN AVERAGE ADULTS DULL OLIVE NEARLY BLACK IN COLOR VARIABLE YELLOW SNOUTS FOURTH MANDIBULAR TOOTH VISIBLE FROM THE OUTSIDE CLOSED YELLOWISH DARKER BANDS FEATURE DISTINGUISH SYMPATRIC PRESENCE BONY BRIDGE BETWEEN THE EYES SUBSPECIES SKULL SIZE PHYSICAL FEATURES ECTOTHERMIC HETEROTHERMIC BILATERAL SYMMETRY SEXUAL DIMORPHISM MALE AVERAGE MASS TO 3 WEEKS COURTSHIP COPULATION INTERNAL FERTILIZATION EGGS MOUND LEAF LITTER ONCE THE EGGS FEMALE COVER SOMETIMES GUARD NEST TEMPERATURE SEX DETERMINATION C PRODUCE INCUBATION PERIOD DAYS THE BABIES HATCH MOVE HELP PARENTS GROW ADULT SIZE REACH MINIMUM ABLE SURVIVE CONTINUE REACHING LIFE CYCLE MATING IN THE WET SEASON LOCAL CLIMATIC MALES BREED MULTIPLE COURTSHIP BEHAVIOR SWIMMING RUBBING TOUCHING EACH OTHER SEXES BEHAVIORS SHE WILL BUILD THE MALE MATING SYSTEM POLYGYNANDROUS COOPERATIVE BREEDER SEXUAL MATURITY SOCIAL STATUS GROWTH RATE SMALLER MATE SOCIAL STRESS DOMINANT LAID INCUBATION SEX DETERMINED THE NEST MIDWAY DECOMPOSING VEGETATION METER HIGH RETAIN TEMPERATURES PROPER HATCHING THE PARENTS EXCAVATE PROTECTION REPRODUCTIVE ITEROPAROUS SEASONAL BREEDING GONOCHORIC SEXUAL OVIPAROUS BREEDING INTERVAL FOUR MONTHS WET SEASON BREEDING SEASON NUMBER OFFSPRING GESTATION PERIOD REPRODUCTIVE MATURITY PREDATORS HEAR CALL UNCOVER BREAK THE SHELLS OPEN AT THAT POINT FOOD SCRAPS JUVENILE CATCH THEMSELVES DISPERSE YOUNG CLOSER LONGER PARENTAL INVESTMENT PROVISIONING MALE FEMALE LITTLE IN THE WILD 40 YEARS MIGHT BE CAPTIVE RECORD WILD CAPTIVITY LIVE IN SOLITARY EXCEPT MATING SEASON TERRITORY THE HEAT MORNING AFTERNOON BASK ON THE SHORE RESPOND CERTAIN SITUATIONS FEED AT NIGHT TERRITORIAL SOCIAL RANK ANIMALS HIGHER CHANCES NOCTURNAL CREPUSCULAR MOTILE SEDENTARY DOMINANCE HIERARCHIES HOME RANGE HOME RANGES THE STRUCTURE RICHNESS VISUAL SENSES SOCIAL ABILITY DETECT VIBRATIONS IN THE WATER PREY DETECTION CHANNELS TACTILE ACOUSTIC CHEMICAL MODES CHANGE CANNIBALISM DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONCENTRATED SPECIES DENSE CONCENTRATIONS DRY SEASON PRIMARY DIET CARNIVORE EATS VERTEBRATES PISCIVORE INSECTIVORE ARTHROPODS MOLLUSCIVORE SCAVENGER FOODS BIRDS MAMMALS AMPHIBIANS REPTILES FISH CARRION INSECTS MOLLUSKS CRUSTACEANS NESTING TEGU LIZARDS DESTROY UP TO NESTS COATIS FOXES RAID EATEN WADING BIRDS POTENTIAL ADAPTATIONS CRYPTIC HERONS ANACONDAS HUMANS SHORELINE NATIVE RANGE OUTSIDE NORMAL RANGE HARVESTED THE HIDE PET TRADE FOOD BODY MATERIAL CONTROLS POPULATION POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ATTACK LESS AREAS NATURAL RANGE SOUTHERN FLORIDA POSSIBLE NAIVE WILDLIFE BITES THE UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE THREATENED SPECIES THIS WAS HUNTING PRESSURE SKINS LEATHER THE PET CURIO TRADE DEGREE RESPONSIBILITY FOR POPULATIONS STABLE EXTIRPATED HUMAN POPULATION IUCN RED LIST LOWER RISK LEAST CONCERN FEDERAL CITES APPENDIX II STATE OF MICHIGAN SPECIAL STATUS MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY JAMES HARDING TANYA DEWEY LIVING BIOGEOGRAPHIC PROVINCE NORTHERN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC ISLANDS THE NORTH AMERICAN SOUTH THE HIGHLANDS SOUTHERN IN OTHER WORDS USES SOUND COMMUNICATE BODY SYMMETRY SUCH THAT THE ANIMAL DIVIDED PLANE DORSAL VENTRAL ANTERIOR POSTERIOR SYNAPOMORPHY BILATERIA WETLAND AREA RICH PLANT MATERIAL ACIDIC SOILS BODY BOGS FLORA COASTAL MARSHES MEAT CARRION FLESH DEAD SMELLS CHEMICALS NEARSHORE ASSISTANCE RAISING ACTIVE AT DAWN DUSK CAUSE CAMOUFLAGED NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RANKING SYSTEM PECKING ORDER SOCIAL GROUP DOMINANCE ACCESS RESOURCES MUST HEAT ACQUIRED ENVIRONMENT BODY TEMPERATURE FRESHWATER RIVER OCEAN TIDAL SUBSTANCE NUTRIENTS ENERGY LIVING THING LIVES WATER THE IMMEDIATE MECHANISM POORLY DEVELOPED INTERNAL INSECTS REFERRING TRANSPORTED HUMAN ACTION GROUP SEASONS PERIODS HOSPITABLE CONDITION MARSHES GRASSES PHYLUM MOLLUSCA CAPACITY FROM ONE FOR SWIMMING NATURALLY THE REGION THE NIGHT DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS BUYING SELLING PEOPLE KEEP HOMES KIND POLYGAMY PAIRS SOMETHING ADJACENT WATERBODY RIVER BODIES SALT PARTICULAR REMAINS SEXUAL REPRODUCTION GENETIC CONTRIBUTION ALONE PERMANENTLY WOODY VEGETATION TOUCH ON THE GROUND DEFENDS THE HOME ADV