caiman

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• There is the alligator of the Mississippi -- which is the "caiman" or "cayman" of the Spanish Americans; there is the spectacled alligator (_Alligator sclerops_), a southern species, so called from a pair of rings around its eyes having a resemblance to spectacles; and there is a still smaller species called the "bava," which is found in Lake Valencia, and in many South American rivers. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon
• “And by gator,” Dr. Schecter said in a patronizing tone, “I assume you mean the South American crocodilian species called the caiman?” Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve
• No one was injured by the caiman, which is native to Central and South America. WTVM - 1- WTVM Home
• A crocodilian is any member of an order of reptiles that includes crocodiles, alligators, caimans, gavials, and related extinct forms.
• A jaguar and a caiman battle in the pantanal region of brazil. eventually the big cat defeated the reptile in the vicious encounter, which was captured on camera by french photographer patrick fagot.
• We blundered on for hours, passing through the cattle gates of anonymous ranches, scattering cows, coatis, and caimans, before we got stuck.
• And about a knickknack made from a crocodilian reptile known as a caiman, posed with a pipe in its mouth and an ashtray in its claws. Uncle Sam Wants You to Bid on This Fine Weasel Fur Coat
• The dry season (May through October) finds the Pantanal at its most pleasant: no flooding, cool temperatures, and big beasts such as tapirs, capybaras, and caimans clustered around water holes.
• It is possible to catch caimans and turtles in the rivers; the Peruvian Sea is recognized by its production of corvinas, lenguados, anchoveta, bonito, crustacean and shellfish.
• Caiman belong to the group known as crocodilians, which also includes alligators and crocodiles.