Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis Medem, 1955
Apaporis caiman, Apaporis River caiman
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Caiman sclerops apaporiensis Medem, 1955
Conservation Status
Rediscovered or relocated
Distribution
Apaporis River, Colombia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Medem, F. (1955). A new subspecies of Caiman sclerops. Fieldiana (Zoology) 37: 339-343.
Other references:
Balaguera-Reina, Sergio A. (2019). Rediscovering the Apaporis Caiman (Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis): Notes from a Long-Anticipated Expedition. Journal of Herpetology 53(4): 310-315.
Balaguera-Reina, Sergio A. et al. (2020). Unveiling the mystery: assessing the evolutionary trajectory of the Apaporis caiman population (Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis, Medem 1955) via mitochondrial molecular makers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131(1): 163-171. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa096
Balaguera-Reina, Sergio A. et al. (2022). Update: Assessing the evolutionary trajectory of the Apaporis caiman (Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis, Medem 1955) via mitochondrial molecular markers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blac115
Escobedo-Galván, Armando H. et al. (2015). Morphometric analysis of the Rio Apaporis Caiman (Reptilia, Crocodylia, Alligatoridae). Zootaxa 4059(3): 541-554.