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Black Caiman



[CITIES-listed Endangered Species]
Crocodilian Species - Black Caiman (Melanosucus niger): NAMES: Black caiman, Caimán, Caimán negro, Caïman noir, Lagarto negro, Jacare Açu,
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/CITEScroc/citesenglish/Blue8eMniger.htm

Blue Page 8 - Melanosuchus niger - E: Black caiman. CITESMelanosuchus niger. Nu +2+2-4-4 in contact with each other.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Melanosuchus_niger.html

ADW: Melanosuchus niger: Information: Melanosuchus niger (black caiman). ... Reproduction. Good information concerning
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/path/Crocodylidae.html.html

ADW: Crocodylidae: Classification: ...caiman). Species Caiman yacare (Jacare caiman). specimens. Genus Melanosuchus
http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/projects/fourth/rainforests/wildlife/wildlife.html

Wildlife: ...caiman. It measures about 4 ft. long. The largest of all the caimans is the
http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/9704/0123.html

NATIVE-L mailing list: urgent action on French Guiana: Additionally, the Kaw wetland system contains one of the few remaining, viable,
http://web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2006/teams/taoeyang/tables.html

Table(s) of Different Fauna in the Amazonian Rainforest: ...leeches, snails. Reptiles, Anaconda, black caiman, spectacled caiman, turtles,
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/fauna/com-Reptile.html

CalPhotos: Browse Reptile Common Names: 1) Basilisk Lizard (2) Beaarded Dragon (1) Bearded Dragon (2) Belding Orange-throated
http://www.bioweb.uncc.edu/bierregaard/tucano_journal.htm

Tucano Journal: Saw a few black caiman and an iguana, but the highlight was an adult Spectacled
http://itech.pjc.edu/jkaplan/zootech/Course%20Materials/herplec26.htm

Crocodylians: American Alligator. Chinese Alligator. Spectacled Caiman. Black Caiman. Family
http://itech.pjc.edu/jkaplan/zootech/Course%20Materials/herplec27.htm

Herp Regulations & Management: Requires permit and 5 foot chain link fence. • Crocs (except dwarf), gharial, black
http://www.duke.edu/~manu/home/Bibliography/CASHU.HTM

Cocha Cashu Bibliography: Growth-Rates of Black Caiman Melanosuchus-Niger and Spectacled Caiman Caiman-Crocodilus,
http://www.duke.edu/~djb4/Quest%20for%20the%20Blue-throated%20Macaw.htm

Quest for the Blue Throated Macaw: Heinz pointed out two large Black Caiman, about 8 and 10 ft. long, that were
http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/lec05/b65lec05.htm

Chapter 5: As these species became scarce, hunters turned their attention to the black caiman
http://www.msu.edu/~hagersha/Templates/spectacled_caiman.htm

Virtual Amazon Tour-Spectacled Caiman: ...hence the name. Young caiman are yellow and have black stripes and spots. As they
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/projects/cpd/sa/sa11.htm

CPD: South America, Site SA11, Lowlands of Manu National Park ...: Cocha Cashu Biological Station was founded in 1969-1970, initially to facilitate
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/projects/cpd/sa/sa24.htm

CPD: South America, Site SA24, Llanos de Mojos Region, Bolivia: ...such as rhea, capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris), "lagarto" or yacaré (Caiman
http://people.uncw.edu/bruce/hon%20120/amazon%20animal%20list.htm

Amazon Animal List: ...army ant. Megan Ennes (Feb 16), jaguar. leaf-cutter ant. Ian Shriner (Feb 9), black
http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Suriname/texts/proposal.html

A Proposal to Fund a Process to Design a Tourism Development ...: Suriname contains some of the best sea turtle nesting beaches in the world and is
http://people04.albion.edu/WBL10/dp/amazon.htm

pics: A baby Black Caiman grabbed out of the water by one of our guides while spotlighting
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/14609.ctl

Willink, Philip W.: A Biological Assessment of the Aquatic ...: Pantanal--essential sanctuaries for migratory birds, critical nursery grounds for
http://www.cstars.ucdavis.edu/~jongreen/tbs/aquatic.html

Aquatic Systems: Lago Lago at TBS. Baby black caiman. The dock. Video: click on the pictures below
http://eebweb.arizona.edu/collections/herp/BiotaWeb/Species1.htm

Species Records, Page 1: Melanosuchus niger (Spix, 1825) (1 Specimen). Common Name: Black Caiman. Genus
http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/history/revolution/caiman.htm

Haiti: THe Bois Caiman Meeting of 1791: ...the wife of Louis Michel Pierrot, who led a black battalion at Vertieres and later
http://academic.ursinus.edu/anso/anso_2003_syl_A222.htm

ANTHROPOLOGY 222: Chapter 1: “Through the Emerald Door.�. Chapter 2: “The Search for
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/midorcas/research/Field%20trips/Tortuguero2003/Tortuguero.htm

Tortuguero, Costa Rica - August 2003: Crocodilians Caiman crocodylus Crocodylus acutus. ... blue heron Tricolored heron Little
http://www.fiu.edu/~acaten01/references/bibcc.html

Scientific publications from Cocha Cashu, Manu NP (Peru): Growth rates of black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) and spectacled caiman (Caiman
http://utweb.ut.edu/faculty/mmeers/bcb/dh.html

The Bibliography of Crocodilian Biology: DH: Dangerous to man? A record of an attack by a black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in
http://utweb.ut.edu/faculty/mmeers/bcb/sz.html

The Bibliography of Crocodilian Biology: SZ: J. Sci. 20: 13-18. Vasquez, PG 1991. Melanosuchus Gray black caiman. Catalogue of
http://plaza.ufl.edu/wlme/peru/splist.htm

species list: 1 April 2002- Manu River, Manu Reserve Zone. White Caiman-Caiman crocodilus.
http://plaza.ufl.edu/wlme/peru/rainforest.htm

Rainforest: Squirrel Monkey-Saimiri sciureus. Amazon Horned Frog-Ceratophrys cornuta. Black
http://www.library.wwu.edu/ref/subjguides/ed/edtopics/win02black.htm

Education Topic - Celebrating Black History: Maman-Caiman = Mother Crocodile. [English]. Birago Diop. Trans. Rosa Guy. Illustrated
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/reptile.htm

REPTILE Case: Illegal, black market trading continues all over the world in ivory, elephant feet
http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/heywood/geog358/exotics/exoticRL.htm

COMMON NAME: ...reptile; lizard black iguana, Ctenosaura spp. South America, USA, ... reptile; lizard
http://www.southampton.liu.edu/news/travel/tropicalfieldstudies/reflections.html

Travel Programs: The initial rush hit me when I pictured a black caiman slipping down the mud into
http://bio.bd.psu.edu/biobd497g/CostaRicaTrip0203/reptiles.htm

Reptiles: Spectacled Caiman, Caiman crocodilus. Glass Frog, Centrolenella hyalinoatrachium.
http://wildlife.tamu.edu/publications.cfm?catID=17

wildlife.tamu.edu - Extension Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences ...: Caimans (Caiman spp.), imported from Central and South America, are occasionally
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/lis/awards/cskalph.html

LSU Libraries Library and Information Science: Garrard, 1969. The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo. (1996 - I). Illus. ... New
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/lis/awards/csking.html

LSU Libraries Library and Information Science: Hamilton, Virginia. Philomel, c1982. 1983 (I) Black Child. Magubane, Peter. Illus.
http://faculty.njcu.edu/fmoran/vol5cougar.htm

THE COUGUAR: ...note of M. Sonini de Manoncour, that the jaguarette is called the black tiger at
http://staff.washington.edu/timk/wildlife/gallery.html

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