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Broad-snouted caiman
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<p>The broad-snouted caiman (<i>Caiman latirostris</i>) is a <a href="/facts/Crocodilian/G4LbxJs6">crocodilian</a> in the family <a href="/facts/Alligatoridae/SMx6nC89">Alligatoridae</a> found in eastern and central <a href="/facts/South_America/PhrFEMk7">South America</a>, including the <a href="/facts/Pantanal/MjTqwb7q">Pantanal</a> habitat of <a href="/facts/Bolivia/YNBoDKKR">Bolivia</a>, <a href="/facts/Southeast_Region,_Brazil/A4XeW1jW">Southeast Brazil</a>, and <a href="/facts/Paraguay/sbzfv4Rl">Paraguay</a>, as well as northern <a href="/facts/Argentina/aFSA5bAk">Argentina</a> and <a href="/facts/Uruguay/X6V0apCb">Uruguay</a>. Behind the black caiman (<i><a href="/facts/Black_caiman/rQo2yVB7">Melanosuchus niger</a></i>), it is the second-largest caiman species; it is the third-largest alligatorid behind the American alligator (<i><a href="/facts/American_alligator/xHStTfHT">Alligator mississippiensis</a></i>) and the aforementioned black caiman. Primarily, the species inhabits freshwater <a href="/facts/Wetland/9abbP7CR">wetlands</a>, including <a href="/facts/Floodplain/EUKqIbj5">floodplains</a>, <a href="/facts/Marsh/AG0WLJ2K">marshes</a>, <a href="/facts/Swamp/rjE9QKpm">swamps</a>, and some <a href="/facts/Mangrove_forest/JreUUsuG">mangrove forests</a>, as well as various <a href="/facts/Stream/S5he7Cuo">streams</a>, <a href="/facts/River/GxdjEX21">rivers</a>, <a href="/facts/Lake/YP0xxn0E">lakes</a> or <a href="/facts/Pond/He6abhfJ">ponds</a>, preferring bodies of rather still or slower-moving water. They will often utilize man-made cow ponds, disused <a href="/facts/Stock_tank/UM2H0lcE">stock tanks</a>, and <a href="/facts/Canal/pBE8LsJx">canals</a> and <a href="/facts/Ditch/I514jLeU">ditches</a>, as well. </p>