Yacare Caiman

• The Pantanal holds the largest concentration of crocodilians on the planet: millions of yacare caimans are estimated across the floodplain, and in the dry season hundreds of them crowd into the remaining pools.
• Its recovery after the mass hunting of the 1980s, when hundreds of thousands of skins were exported a year, is one of the fastest documented in a large reptile: banning the trade was enough to reverse it within two decades.
• Its lower teeth protrude outside the snout when its mouth is closed, a feature that gives it a characteristic look and sets it apart from other caimans.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (reptile)

Habitat and environment

Rivers, marshes, lagoons and floodplains of the Pantanal, the Chaco and the Paraná basin

Sexual maturity

6 years

Gestation / incubation

75 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

30 eggs

Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Caiman yacare

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.