Hey guys,
I am reading "Crocodiles and Alligators of the World" by David Alderton. I was reading the section for "Schneider's Dwarf Caimans" for those of you who may have this book.
The very first sentence reads, "The Paleosuchus Caimans are also sometimes described as smooth-fronted caimans, because they lack the ridge present between the eyes of other genera."
This is a little confusing to me as this to me is reading that both caimans (Trigonatus and Palpebrosus) are called smooth-fronted caimans. When I hear some people refer to the two, I hear that one is a Cuvier's (Palpebrosus) and the other is a Smooth-Front (I am assuming Schneiders/Trigonatus). However, after reading this particular sentence, this is rather misleading. As this book is putting it, they are BOTH smooth-fronts.
Is this a mis-interpretation by the general keepers or is this mis-identification in a 1990's book?
Just curious,
Chris
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Chris Law
U.A.P.P.E.A.L. (Uniting a Proactive Primate and Exotic Animal League)
Herpetoculture Element Representative
