Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Crocodilians Alligatoridae Central America North America South America West Indies Taxonomy of the genus Caiman Biodiversity of the family Alligatoridae Bibliography of the genus Caiman (Typical Caimans) (Reptilia: Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted. Caiman in general Amato, G.; Gatesy, J. 1994. PCR assays of variable nucleotide sites for identification of conservation units. Experientia Supplementum (Basel) 69: 215-226. Barao-Nobrega, J.A.L.; Marioni, B.; Villamarin, F.; Soares, A.M.V.M.; Magnusson, W.E.; Silveira, R. da 2014. 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