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Taxonomy of the genus Melanosuchus Biodiversity of the family Alligatoridae

Bibliography of the genus
Melanosuchus (Black Caiman)

(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.


Melanosuchus niger

Asanza, E. 1992. Population dynamics, ecology and conservation of the black caiman, Melanosuchus niger in Ecuadorian Amazonia. pp. 22-30. In: IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group. Crocodiles: proceedings of the 11th working meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN - the World Conservation Union convened at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 2 to 7 August 1992. Vol. 2. IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland. 283 pp.

Balaguera-Reina, S.A.; Farfán-Ardila, N. 2018. Are we ready for successful apex predator conservation in Colombia? Human-crocodilian interactions as a study case. Herpetological Review 49(1): 5-12.

Botero-Arias, R.; Marmontel, M.; Queiroz, H.L. de 2009. Projeto de manejo experimental de Jacares no estado do Amazonas: abate de Jacares no setor Jaraua - Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentavel Mamiraua, Dezembro de 2008. Uakari 5(2): 49-58.

Brazaitis, P.; Rebelo, G.H.; Yamashita, C. 1996. The status of Caiman crocodilus crocodilus and Melanosuchus niger populations in the Amazonian regions of Brazil. Amphibia-Reptilia 17(4): 377-385.

Campos, Z.; Muniz, F.; Magnusson, W.E. 2018. Where are the black caimans, Melanosuchus niger (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae), in the Xingu River basin, Brazil? Herpetology Notes 11: 1021-1024.

Costa Pereira, A.; Malvasio, A. 2014. Síntese das características da ordem Crocodylia, fatores de influência em estudos populacionais e aspectos de seleção e uso de habitat para Caiman crocodilus e Melanosuchus niger no Estado do Tocantins, Brasil. Biota Amazônia 4(1): 111-118.

Dinets, V. 2011. Natural history notes: Melanosuchus niger (Black Caiman). Signaling behavior. Herpetological Review 42(3): 424.

Edmonds, L. 1985. Caimans. Ratel 12(4): 130-136.

Farias, I.P.; Silveira, R. da; Thoisy, B. de; Monjelo, L.A.; Thorbjarnarson, J.B.; Hrbek, T. 2004. Genetic diversity and population structure of Amazonian crocodilians. Animal Conservation 7(3): 265-272.

Foth, C.; Bona, P.; Desojo, J.B. 2015. Intraspecific variation in the skull morphology of the Black Caiman Melanosuchus niger (Alligatoridae, Caimaninae). Acta Zoologica (Copenhagen) 96(1): 1-13.

Haddad, V.; Fonseca, W.C. 2011. A fatal attack on a child by a Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger). Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 22(1): 62-64.

Hagmann, G. 1902. Die Eier von Caiman niger. Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Lebens- und Fortpflanzungsweise der brasilianischen Reptilien. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere) (Jena) 16: 405-410.

Hall, P.M. 1991. Dangerous to man? A record of an attack by a black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in Guyana. Herpetological Review 22(1): 9-11.

Herron, J.C. 1991. Growth rates of black caiman Melanosuchus niger and spectacled caiman Caiman crocodilus, and the recruitment of breeders in hunted caiman populations. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 55(1): 103-113.

Herron, J.C. 1994. Body size, spatial distribution, and microhabitat use in the caimans, Melanosuchus niger and Caiman crocodilus, in a Peruvian lake. Journal of Herpetology 28(4): 508-513.

Herron, J.C.; Emmons, L.H.; Cadle, J.E. 1990. Observations on reproduction in the black caiman, Melanosuchus niger. Journal of Herpetology 24(3): 314-316.

Hines, T.; Rice, K.G. 1992. A report on an initial survey effort to assess the status of the black caiman Melanosuchus niger in the Amazon region of Ecuador. pp. 168-175. In: IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group. Crocodiles: proceedings of the 11th working meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN - the World Conservation Union convened at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 2 to 7 August 1992. Vol. 2. IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland. 283 pp.

Horna, J.V.; Cintra, R.; Vasquez-Ruesta, P. 2001. Feeding ecology of black caiman Melanosuchus niger in a western Amazonian forest: The effects of ontogeny and seasonality on diet composition. Ecotropica 7(1-2): 1-11.

Jahoda, J.C. 1990. Observations on a population of black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in Amazonian Ecuador. Vida Silvestre Neotropical 2(2): 79-81.

Laverty, T.M.; Dobson, A.P. 2013. Dietary overlap between Black Caimans and Spectacled Caimans in the Peruvian Amazon. Herpetologica 69(1): 91-101.

Marioni, B.; Silveira, R. da; Magnusson, W.E.; Thorbjarnarson, J.B. 2008. Feeding behavior of two sympatric caiman species, Melanosuchus niger and Caiman crocodilus, in the Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Herpetology 42(4): 768-772.

Medem, F. 1963. Osteologia craneal, distribucion geografica y ecologia de Melanosuchus niger (Spix) (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae). Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Fisicas y Naturales 12(45): 5-19.

Moldowan, P.D.; Laverty, T.M.; Emmans, C.J.; Stanley, R.C. 2016. Diet, gastric parasitism, and injuries of caimans (Caiman, Melanosuchus, and Paleosuchus) in the Peruvian Amazon. South American Journal of Herpetology 11(3): 176-182.

Muniz, F.L.; Silveira, R. da; Campos, Z.; Magnusson, W.E.; Hrbek, T.; Farias, I.P. 2011. Multiple paternity in the Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger) population in the Anavilhanas National Park, Brazilian Amazonia. Amphibia-Reptilia 32(3): 428-434.

Neira-Martinez, J.A. 1994. Reproduccion de Melanosuchus niger Spix, 1825, caiman negro en cautiverio. Trianea 5: 109-121.

Nicéforo-Maria, H. 1955. El caiman yacare negro (Melanosuchus niger Spix) en Colombia. Caldasia (Bogota) 7(32): 167-171.

Otte, K.C. 1974. Project 579. Research programme Melanosuchus niger in the Manu National Park. World Wildlife Yearbook 1973-1974: 257-260.

Pacheco, A.L.F. 1990. Feeding, reproduction and growth in captive Melanosuchus niger. pp. 109-122. In: Crocodile Specialist Group. Crocodiles. Proceedings of the 10th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of IUCN - the World Conservation Union Convened at Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A., 23rd to 27th April 1990. Vol. 2. IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland. 345 pp.

Pacheco, L.F. 1996. Effects of environmental variables on black caiman counts in Bolivia. Wildlife Society Bulletin 24(1): 44-49.

Pacheco, L.F.; Aparicio, J.; Thorbjarnarson, J.B. 1991. The first reintroduction of black caiman, Melanosuchus niger, into the wild. Herpetological Review 22(3): 90-91.

Pachon-Rodriguez, J.A.; Rios-Silva, J.M. 1994. Censo preliminar de la poblacion de caiman negro (Melanosuchus niger, Spix, 1825) del rio Amazonas (Colombia). Trianea 5: 407-410.

Plotkin, M.J.; Medem, F.; Mittermeier, R.A.; Constable, I.D. 1983. Distribution and conservation of the black caiman (Melanosuchus niger). pp. 695-705. In: Rhodin, A.G.J. & Miyata, K. (eds.). Advances in Herpetology and Evolutionary Biology. Essays in Honor of Ernest E. Williams. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 725 pp.

Plotkin, M.J.; Mittermeier, R.; Constable, I. 1983. The black caimans of Kaw. Wildlife (London) 25(10): 374-377.

Potts, R. 2001. Endangered reptiles and amphibians of the world - II. The black caiman, Melanosuchus niger (Spix 1825). Herptile 26(2): 53-58.

Rebelo, G.H.; Magnusson, W.E. 1983. An analysis of the effect of hunting on Caiman crocodilus and Melanosuchus niger based on the sizes of confiscated skins. Biological Conservation 26(2): 95-104.

Rebelo, G.H.E.; Lugli, L. 2001. Distribution and abundance of four caiman species (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) in Jau National Park, Amazonas, Brazil. Revista de Biologia Tropical 49(3-4): 1095-1109.

Ron, S.R.; Vallejo, A.; Asanza, E. 1998. Human influence on the wariness of Melanosuchus niger and Caiman crocodilus in Cuyabeno, Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 32(3): 320-324.

Ron, S.R.; Vallejo, J.A.; Vries, T. de 1999. Influencia de factores abioticos en conteos nocturnos del caiman negro Melanosuchus niger y del caiman blanco Caiman crocodilus en la Amazonia Ecuatoriana. Revista de la Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador 64: 95-112.

Rosenblatt, A.E.; Li, F.; Holland, A.; Taylor, P.; Kalicharan, L. 2015. Natural history notes: Melanosuchus niger (Black Caiman). Diet. Herpetological Review 46(3): 430.

Ross, J.P. 2000. Melanosuchus niger. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. www.iucnredlist.org (viewed 8 May 2015).

Ross, J.P. 2000. Melanosuchus niger. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T13053A3407604. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T13053A3407604.en.

Salinero, M.C.; Michalski, F. 2016. Implications of scientific collaboration networks on studies of aquatic vertebrates in the Brazilian Amazon. PLoS ONE 11(6): e0158413.

Schneider, L.; Eggins, S.; Maher, W.; Vogt, R.C.; Krikowa, F.; Kinsley, L.; Eggins, S.M.; Silveira, R. da 2015. An evaluation of the use of reptile dermal scutes as a non-invasive method to monitor mercury concentrations in the environment. Chemosphere 119: 163-170.

Schneider, L.; Pacheco Peleja, R.; Kluczkovski, A.; Martínez-Freire, G.; Marioni, B.; Vogt, R.C.; Silveira, R. da 2012. Mercury concentration in the Spectacled Caiman and Black Caiman (Alligatoridae) of the Amazon: implications for human health. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 63(2): 270-279.

Silveira, R. da 2002. Conservaçao e manejo do jacare-acu (Melanosuchus niger) na Amazonia brasileira. pp. 61-78. In: Larriera, A.; Verdade, L.M. (eds.). Conservaçao e manejo de jacares e crocodilos da America Latina. Vol. 2. C.N. Editoria, Piracicaba. 184 pp.

Silveira, R. da; Amaral, J.V. do; Magnusson, W.E.; Thorbjarnarson, J.B. 2011. Natural history notes: Melanosuchus niger (Black Caiman). Long distance movement. Herpetological Review 42(3): 424-425.

Silveira, R. da; Campos, Z.; Thorbjarnarson, J.B.; Magnusson, W.E. 2013. Growth rates of black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) and spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) from two different Amazonian flooded habitats. Amphibia-Reptilia 34(4): 437-449.

Silveira, R. da; Magnusson, W.E. 1999. Diets of spectacled and black caiman in the Anavilhanas Archipelago, Central Amazonia, Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 33(2): 181-192.

Silveira, R. da; Magnusson, W.E.; Campos, Z. 1997. Monitoring the distribution, abundance and breeding areas of Caiman crocodilus crocodilus and Melanosuchus niger in the Anavilhanas Archipelago, central Amazonia, Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 31(4): 514-520.

Silveira, R. da; Magnusson, W.E.; Thorbjarnarson, J.B. 2008. Factors affecting the number of caimans seen during spotlight surveys in the Mamiraua Reserve, Brazilian Amazonia. Copeia 2008(2): 425-430.

Silveira, R. da; Ramalho, E.E.; Thorbjarnarson, J.B.; Magnusson, W.E. 2010. Depredation by jaguars on caimans and importance of reptiles in the diet of jaguar. Journal of Herpetology 44(3): 418-424.

Silveira, R. da; Thorbjarnarson, J.B. 1999. Conservation implications of commercial hunting of black and spectacled caiman in the Mamiraua Sustainable Development Reserve, Brazil. Biological Conservation 88(1): 103-109.

Taylor, P.; Li, F.; Holland, A.; Martin, M.; Rosenblatt, A.E. 2016. Growth rates of Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in the Rupununi region of Guyana. Amphibia-Reptilia 37(1): 9-14.

Tejado, C. 2012. [Abundance of Melanosuchus niger Spix, 1825, Paleosuchus trigonatus Schneider, 1801 y Caiman crocodilus L., 1758 within the Mazan river basin (Amazonas, Peru)]. (In Spanish). Munibe (Ciencias Naturales - Natur Zientziak) 60: 113-130.

Thoisy, B. de; Hrbek, T.; Farias, I.P.; Vasconcelos, W.R.; Lavergne, A. 2006. Genetic structure, population dynamics, and conservation of Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger). Biological Conservation 133(4): 474-482.

Torralvo, K.; Botero-Arias, R.; Magnusson, W.E. 2017. Temporal variation in black-caiman-nest predation in varzea of central Brazilian amazonia. PLoS ONE 12(8): e0183476

Torralvo, K.; Rabelo, R.M. 2018. Natural history notes: Melanosuchus niger (Black Caiman) and Caiman crocodilus (Spectacled Caiman). Nesting. Herpetological Review 49(1): 113-114.

Vasconcelos, W.R.; Hrbek, T.; Silveira, R. da; Thoisy, B. de; Santos Ruffeil, L.A.A. dos; Farias, I.P. 2008. Phylogeographic and conservation genetic analysis of the black caiman (Melanosuchus niger). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology 309A(10): 600-613.

Vasquez, P.G. 1991. Melanosuchus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 530: 1-4.

Vergne, A.L.; Aubin, T.; Martin, S.; Mathevon, N. 2012. Acoustic communication in crocodilians: information encoding and species specificity of juvenile calls. Animal Cognition 15(6): 1095-1109.

Villamarin, F.; Jardine, T.D.; Bunn, S.E.; Marioni, B.; Magnusson, W.E. 2017. Opportunistic top predators partition food resources in a tropical freshwater ecosystem. Freshwater Biology 62(8): 1389-1400

Villamarin, F.; Marioni, B.; Thorbjarnarson, J.B.; Nelson, B.W.; Botero-Arias, R.; Magnusson, W.E. 2011. Conservation and management implications of nest-site selection of the sympatric crocodilians Melanosuchus niger and Caiman crocodilus in Central Amazonia, Brazil. Biological Conservation 144(2): 913-919.

Villamarin-Jurado, F.; Suarez, E. 2007. Nesting of the Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in northeastern Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 41(1): 164-167.