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 Current caiman classification, after King and Burke (1997)
 

Genus                            Species                           Subspecies
 
 

Caiman
                                     crocodilus               Crocodilus    Fuscus    apaporiensis    chiapasius
                                      (sclerops)

                                      latirostris
                                        yacare

Paleosuchus
                                     trigonatus
                                     palpebrosus

Melanosuchus
                                        niger