Male Spectacled Caimans mature at larger sizes than females, but at similar ages 1. Social status affects growth rate and breeding.
Less dominant animals grow less quickly due to stress and often do not get the chance to breed. Gonads an organ in animals that produces reproductive cells begin to increase in size towards the end of the dry season April to May and peak at the start of the wet season May to June. Courtship and mating generally occur between May and August and the eggs from 14 to 40, average size being around 22 are laid during the wet season July to August in a mound nest constructed from soil and vegetation.
The location of the nest is generally under cover, but some are sited in more open areas or on floating mats of vegetation. Nests may be shared by females, an activity which may help to increase the survival of juveniles from each parent. Female Spectacled Caimans will remain close to nests in an attempt to deter predators. When the juveniles hatch after around 90 days, there is usually a plentiful supply of invertebrate food available due to the timing of hatching. In the period following hatching, juveniles will remain in groups close to the female and will follow her around even over land between different pools.
One female may take over the maternal duties for multiple groups of hatchlings pods from different parents. Did you learn anything about this caiman that surprised you?
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Caiman crocodilus Common caiman, Spectacled caiman Facebook. Geographic Range Caiman crocodilus , the spectacled, common, or brown caiman, is a crocodilian native to northern South America, Central America, and certain parts of the Caribbean. Bartlett and Bartlett, ; Crocodile Specialist Group, ; Kohler, ; Ross, ; University of Southern Mississippi, Biogeographic Regions nearctic introduced neotropical native Habitat Spectacled caimans are found in freshwater habitats as well as some salt water habitats.
Bartlett and Bartlett, ; Bartlett and Bartlett, ; Britton, a ; Grana Raffucci, ; Ojasti, Habitat Regions tropical terrestrial saltwater or marine freshwater Aquatic Biomes lakes and ponds rivers and streams coastal brackish water Wetlands marsh swamp bog Other Habitat Features riparian estuarine Range elevation high m Bartlett and Bartlett, ; Britton, a ; Grana Raffucci, ; Kohler, Other Physical Features ectothermic heterothermic bilateral symmetry Sexual Dimorphism male larger Range mass 7 to 58 kg Bartlett and Bartlett, ; Britton, a ; Grana Raffucci, ; Kohler, ; Ojasti, Development - Life Cycle temperature sex determination Reproduction Mating typically occurs in the wet season from April to August, depending on local climatic conditions.
Britton, a ; Britton, b ; Grana Raffucci, ; Kohler, ; Mertz, ; Ojasti, Mating System polygynandrous promiscuous cooperative breeder Spectacled caimans reach sexual maturity at sizes of about 1.
Breeding season Spectacled caimans breed from May through August. Range number of offspring 10 to 40 Average number of offspring 22 Range gestation period 65 to days Average time to independence 1. Britton, b ; Mertz, Range lifespan Status: wild 60 high years Range lifespan Status: captivity 24 high years Typical lifespan Status: wild 30 to 40 years Average lifespan Status: captivity 20 years Behavior Spectacled caimans live in loose-knit groups but are generally solitary except during mating season.
Ojasti, Key Behaviors natatorial nocturnal crepuscular motile sedentary solitary territorial dominance hierarchies Home Range Home ranges are not large and spectacled caimans generally stay in their home ranges throughout the year.
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