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But heres my lil girl lookign for food as usual. Shes apporaching 4 feet long. She should be getting ready for winter fast soon.

That is a nice looking alligator. You've done a nice job with it.
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CDieter
'Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.'

Interesting, I thought it was a spectacled. Cool pattern! Where did you get him from?

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

I think you might be right.

From the angle and tail banding my quick glance thought gator.
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CDieter
'Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.'

It appears to be a Broad-snouted Caiman (C. latirostris). Not too many of those in the pet trade, but that's what it seems to be. Check the broad head and black splotch pattern all over it, including on the feet. Nice animal.
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Israel Dupont
Winter Haven, FL

Hey all,

C. latirostris, may have been sold as a youngster as a spec but even then theres differences in appearance. Good to see its grown into a not-so-commonly kept species. On top of that its pretty
Thanks,
KyLE

Kyle
What are you seeing that is telling you this is a broadsnout.
I have 2 that look just like it and a friend has 2 more and I finally decided they were browns(fuscus).
I would love for them to be latirostris but...
For one thing like Yacares they are suppose to retain the dark blotches on their jaws throughout life. The animal in the photos are almost gone. Mine are much more apparent though nowhere near as obvious as my 2 Yacares.
There is a smaller race of latirostris,(chacoensis) that have faded blotches on jaws???
Danny Conner

Hey Danny,
Good to meet ya over a kingsnake forum . I don't know how close your caimans are in appearance to this guy because I haven't seen them. But he/she definately isn't a brown. As Mr. Dupont pointed out the patterns not one that belongs to either fuscus or crocodilus, and only some latirostris keep banding on the bottom jaw. That probably shouldn't be a solid indication of what it is. Fuscus do have a green hue to their eye colour, but we can't judge that based on a photograph as camera flashes do wonders for distortion. My biggest hint and what got me looking twice was the head shape. Broad Snouted Caiman is called so for a reason . I stand by my call but lets ask the owner, as he's probably having as much fun reading this as we are talking about it..
Thanks Guys,
KyLE

She's a 4' C lat. like most people have guessed. Had her since she was in the egg, she's 6 this year. Shes great and I'm impressed with her colors. Esp since the adult C. lats I have seen are pretty drab. Chris's quick glance was definately easy to confuse with a gator as they look pretty close, esp with jaw shape. I often just call her a spec caiman to people bc more people are familiar with those.

>>Hey Danny,
>> Good to meet ya over a kingsnake forum . I don't know how close your caimans are in appearance to this guy because I haven't seen them. But he/she definately isn't a brown. As Mr. Dupont pointed out the patterns not one that belongs to either fuscus or crocodilus, and only some latirostris keep banding on the bottom jaw. That probably shouldn't be a solid indication of what it is. Fuscus do have a green hue to their eye colour, but we can't judge that based on a photograph as camera flashes do wonders for distortion. My biggest hint and what got me looking twice was the head shape. Broad Snouted Caiman is called so for a reason . I stand by my call but lets ask the owner, as he's probably having as much fun reading this as we are talking about it..
>> Thanks Guys,
>> KyLE

the 1st is an adult C lat. Pic was taken at St Augustine Gator park. They arent very pretty as adults. The other pic is Gator over 3 yrs ago. She's still pretty yellow now like she was back then.

>>She's a 4' C lat. like most people have guessed. Had her since she was in the egg, she's 6 this year. Shes great and I'm impressed with her colors. Esp since the adult C. lats I have seen are pretty drab. Chris's quick glance was definately easy to confuse with a gator as they look pretty close, esp with jaw shape. I often just call her a spec caiman to people bc more people are familiar with those.
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>>>>Hey Danny,
>>>> Good to meet ya over a kingsnake forum . I don't know how close your caimans are in appearance to this guy because I haven't seen them. But he/she definately isn't a brown. As Mr. Dupont pointed out the patterns not one that belongs to either fuscus or crocodilus, and only some latirostris keep banding on the bottom jaw. That probably shouldn't be a solid indication of what it is. Fuscus do have a green hue to their eye colour, but we can't judge that based on a photograph as camera flashes do wonders for distortion. My biggest hint and what got me looking twice was the head shape. Broad Snouted Caiman is called so for a reason . I stand by my call but lets ask the owner, as he's probably having as much fun reading this as we are talking about it..
>>>> Thanks Guys,
>>>> KyLE