#1757 · 🦎 reptiles
Yacare Caiman
🇳🇱 Yacarekaaiman ·Caiman yacare
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Matt Blue · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Markus Lilje · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © quiltedquetzal · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Bernardo Lopez · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © alessandro longhi · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. © Jay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Adrian Braidotti · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Guillermo Menéndez · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The yacare caiman ( Caiman yacare ), also known commonly as the jacare caiman , Spanish ' yacaré' , Paraguayan caiman , piranha caiman , red caiman , southern spectacled caiman ,, jacaré in Portuguese and îakaré in Old Tupi, is a species of caiman, a crocodilian in the family Alligatoridae. The species is endemic to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. 4...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,982 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by François Marie Daudin in 1802 (224 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Yacare Caiman
- Nederlands
- Yacarekaaiman
- scientific name
- Caiman yacare
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Crocodylia
- family
- Alligatoridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 5,982
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1802 by François Marie Daudin
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Alligatoridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 116570, Wikidata Q756678, GBIF 5220210, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.