ALLIGATORIDAE

Krysko, Kenneth L., Burgess, Joseph P., Rochford, Michael R., Gillette, Christopher R., Cueva, Daniel, Enge, Kevin M., Somma, Louis A., Stabile, Jennifer L., Smith, Dustin C., Wasilewski, Joseph A., Kieckhefer Iii, Guy N., Granatosky, Michael C. & Nielsen, Stuart V., 2011, 3028, Zootaxa 3028, pp. 1-64 : 32

ALLIGATORIDAE

Cuvier’s Dwarf Caiman , Paleosuchus palpebrosus ( Cuvier 1807) , is indigenous to the Amazon and Orinoco basins of South America, across the Brazilian Shield, south to the Rio Paraguay drainage basin of northern Paraguay ( Magnusson 1992). On 13 August 2008, DC observed an adult (619 mm SVL, 1067 mm TL) female P. palpebrosus on Long Pine Key, Old Ingraham Highway, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County (25.38798044 o N, - 80.6226 o W), and on 15 August 2008, DC and CRG collected this animal (EVER 40566, UF 153469; MorphoBank M88575 ; Fig. 31). This species likely was released (stage 2). This represents the first known voucher for this species in Florida.

Schneider’s Smooth-fronted Caiman , Paleosuchus trigonatus ( Schneider 1801) , is indigenous to Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, northern and western Brazil, Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and extreme northern Bolivia ( Magnusson & Campos 2010). In April 1999, Todd Hardwick captured an adult P. trigonatus (photographic voucher UF 165576; MorphoBank M88576 ; Fig. 32) in a canal near Black Point, Homestead, Miami-Dade County (25.54032 o N, - 80.33149 o W). This animal was subsequently brought to and identified by JAW based on three pelvic scale rows of dorsal scutes above the cloaca. This species likely was released or had escaped (stage 2) from an enclosure. This represents the first known voucher for this species in Florida.