Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis has been considered by several authors as an extreme of morphological variation within the Caiman crocodilus complex. Here, we evaluate its position in the Caiman crocodilus complex morphospace using morphological traits from head shape. We examined the holotype and seventeen paratypes of Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis Medem 1955 deposited at the Field Museum of N...

This Collective article reports 17 introduced species and 22 new locations for these in the Mediterranean Sea. The are from three different Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) subregions (Aegean-Levantine Sea, Adriatic Sea Western Sea) of Marmara cover ten countries. goal consistent detailed reporting is to complement existing inventories serve as a basis establishing monitoring strategi...

-1. A cannulation method was devised that allows continuous safe gastric sampling and recording of intragastric pressure in Caiman crocodilus. 2. In C. crocodilus, fed 5 per cent of the body weight, complete gastric emptying takes an average of 99 (+_ 10) hr at 30°C, to an average of 315 (4-16) hr at 15°C. 3. Two types of gastric contractions were recorded in C. crocodilus, by means of intragas...

The Neotropical crocodylian species, Caiman crocodilus, is widely distributed through Mesoamerica, northern South America, and the Amazon basin. Four subspecies are recognized within C. crocodilus, suggesting some geographic variation in morphology. In this study, we utilized mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence data from 45 individuals of C. crocodilus throughout its range to infer its evolution...

A new genus of nematode (Paractrichosoma crocodilus) is described from Crocodilus novaeguinae. Adults have typical trichuroid features but elongated stichocytes (over 1 mm in female). Males are one third to one half as long as females and have no spicule or sheath.

Con la modelación numérica es posible anticipar condiciones de oleaje desfavorables para actividad portuaria. Mediante modelos numéricos acoplados factible incluir una mayor cantidad variables, parámetros, procesos e interacciones con el objetivo mejorar representación y precisión lo que ocurre en realidad. En este trabajo se presenta un sistema simulación costa Chile central mediante acoplamie...

Jaú National Park is a large rain forest reserve that contains small populations of four caiman species. We sampled crocodilian populations during 30 surveys over a period of four years in five study areas. We found the mean abundance of caiman species to be very low (1.0 +/- 0.5 caiman/km of shoreline), independent of habitat type (river, stream or lake) and season. While abundance was almost ...

This paper presents the compilation of the CroCo Corpus, an English-German translation corpus. Corpus design, annotation and alignment are described in detail. In order to guarantee the searchability and exchangeability of the corpus, XML stand-off mark-up is used as representation format for the multi-layer annotation. On this basis it is shown how the corpus can be queried using XQuery. Furth...

-1. In Caiman crocodilus, the pH of the gastric secretions during digestion may reach 1.2 in specimens kept between 20 and 30°C. C. crocodilus feeds and digests at 15°C, but the pH of gastric secretions did not drop below 1-8. 2. The gastric secretion increased in rate and hydrochloric acid concentration after injections of histamine (400 t~g/kg body weight, given in four hourly doses). The rat...