Food habits of the Broad-snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris: Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) in northwestern Uruguay

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-36

  Borteiro, C ^a   Gutierrez F ^a   Tedros, M ^a   Kolenc, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Caiman latirostris; Diet; Ontogenetic shift; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATORINAE; AMPHIBIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; CAIMAN; CAIMAN LATIROSTRIS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; POMACEA CANALICULATA; SERPENTES; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 69249193654     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: 17445140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650520802507572     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Achaval F. 1980. El Yacaré. Bol Mus Nat Hist Nat Montev. 2(29):5-6.
2. Brazaitis P. 1973. The identification of living crocodilians. Zoologica (N Y). 58:59-101.
3. Brochu CA. 2001. Crocodylian snouts in space and time: phylogenetic approaches toward adaptive radiation. Am Zool. 41:564-585.
4. Da Silveira R, Magnusson WE. 1999. Diets of Spectacled and Black Caiman in the Anavilhanas Archipielago, Central Amazonia, Brazil. J Herpetol. 33(2):181-192.
5. Delany MF. 1990. Late summer diet of juvenile American Alligators. J Herpetol. 24(4):418-421.
6. Delany MF, Abercombie CL. 1986. American Alligator food habits in Northcentral Florida. J Wildl Manag. 50(2):348-353.
7. Delany MF, Linda SB, Moore CT. 1999. Diet and condition of American Alligators in 4 Florida lakes. In: Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Southeast Association of fish and wildlife Agencies. p. 220-222.
8. Diefenbach OC. 1979. Ampullarid gastropod-staple food of Caiman latirostris? Copeia. 1979(1):162-163.
9. Diefenbach OC. 1981. Regurgitation is normal in Crocodylia. Ciênc Cult. 33(1):82-83.
10. Elsey RM, Trosclair PL, Linscomb JT. 2004. The American Alligator as a predator of Mottled Ducks. Southeast Nat. 3(3):381-390.
11. Fitzgerald LA. 1989. An evaluation of stomach flushing techniques for crocodilians. J Herpetol. 23(2):170-172.
12. Garnett ST. 1985. The consequences of slow chitin digestion on crocodilian diet analyses. J Herpetol. 19:303-304.
13. Hutton J. 1987. Growth and feeding ecology of the Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus at Ngezi, Zimbabwe. J Anim Ecol. 56:25-38.
14. Iordansky NN. 1973. The skull of the Crocodilia. In: Gans S, Parsons TS, editors. Biology of the Reptilia. IV Morphology. London: Academic Press. p. 201-262.
15. Jackson JF, Campbell HW, Campbell KE. 1974. The feeding habits of crocodilians. Validity of the evidence from stomach contents. J Herpetol. 8(4):378-381.
16. Lang JW. 1987. Crocodilian behaviour: implications for management. In: Webb JW, Manolis SC, Whitehead PJ, editors. Wildlife management: crocodiles and alligators. Sydney (Australia): Surrey Beatty & Sons and The Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory. p. 273-294.
17. Magnusson WE. 1985. Habitat selection, parasites and injuries in amazonian crocodilians. Amazoniana. 9(2):193-204.
18. Magnusson WE. 1998. Crocodiles and alligators. In: Cogger HG, Zweifel RG, editors. Encyclopedia of reptiles and amphibians. San Diego (CA): Academic Press. p. 224-233.
19. Magnusson WE, Vieira da Silva E, Lima AP. 1987. Diets of mazonian crocodilians. J Herpetol. 21(2):85-95.
20. Medem F, Marx H. 1955. An artificial key to the New-World pecies of crocodilians. Copeia. 1955(1):1-2.
21. Melo MTQ. 2002. Dieta do Caiman latirostris no sul do Brasil. In: erdade LM, Larriera A, editors. Conserva ção e manejo de jacarés e crocodilos da América Latina. II. Piracicaba (Brazil): C.N. Editoria. p. 116-125
22. Orejas-Miranda BR. 1969. Reptiles. In: Klappenbach MA, Orejas-Miranda BR, editors. Anfibios y reptiles. Montevideo (Uruguay): Nuestra Tierra 11. p. 41-68.
23. Ouboter PE. 1996. Ecological studies on crocodilians in Suriname. iche segregation and competition in three predators. Amsterdam (Netherlands): SPB Academic Publishing. 139 p.
24. Palis JG. 1989. Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator). Foraging behavior. Herp Rev. 20(3):69.
25. Pooley AC. 1992. Dieta y hábitos alimentarios. In: Ross CA, Garnett S, editors. Cocodrilos y caimanes. Barcelona (Spain): Encuentro Editorial. p. 76-91.
26. Riley J, Huchzermeyer FW. 2000. Diet and lung parasites of swamp forest Dwarf Crocodiles (Osteolaemus tetraspis osborni) in the northern Congo Republic. Copeia. 2000(2):582-586.
27. Santos SA, Stoll M, Silva M, Campos Z, Magnusson WE, Mourão G. 1996. Diets of Caiman crocodilus yacare from different habitats in the Brazilian Pantanal. Herpetol J. 6:111-117.
28. Siegel S. 1956. Nonparametric statistics for the behavioral sciences. New York: McGraw-Hill. 312 p.
29. Taylor JA, Webb GJW, Magnusson WE. 1978. Methods of obtaining stomach contents from live crocodilians (Reptilia, Crocodilidae). J Herpetol. 12(3):415-417.
30. Thorbjarnarson JB. 1990. Notes on the feeding behavior of the Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) under semi-natural conditions. J Herpetol. 24(1):99-100.
31. Thorbjarnarson JB. 1993. Diet of the Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) in the Central Venezuelan Llanos. Herpetologica. 49(1):108-117.
32. Tucker AD, Limpus CJ, McCallum HI, McDonald KR. 1996. Ontogenetic dietary partitioning by Crocodylus johnstoni during the dry season. Copeia. 1996(4):978-988.
33. Webb GJW,Manolis SC, Buckworth R. 1982. Crocodylus johnstoni in the McKinlay River Area, N. T. I. Variation in the diet, and a new method of assessing the relative importance of prey. Aust J Zool. 30:877-899.
34. Yanosky AA. 1990. Histoire naturelle du Caiman á museau large (Caiman latirostris), un Alligatoriné mal connu (1). Rev Fr Aquariol Herpetol. 17(1):19-31.