Draft:Yellow Caiman

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The yellow caiman is a species of caiman native to the Apaporis River basin in the Colombian Amazon Rainforest. A few unique characteristics of the yellow caiman is its snout which is more elongated than most other caiman and, of course, its yellowish color. It is commonly confused with the spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) which is native to the same areas and the more dominant of the two species.

Size

The yellow caiman ( crocodilus apaporiensis) also known as the Rio Apaporis caiman can grow to four to eight feet long and weigh up to ninety pounds. Males are larger than the females in both weight and length.

Diet

Its diet mainly consists of fish as an adult. They will also eat younger caiman although this is not their preferred meal. As babies they primarily eat insects, crustaceans such as Dilocarcinus pagei and small fish. Once they reach sub-adulthood they're diet begins to consist of other caiman larger fish such as juvenile peacock bass, lizards, monkeys, and other small to medium sized mammals.

Habitat

The Yellow caiman ( crocodilus apaporiensis) is found in a isolated in a pocket of jungle in the Apaporis river basin. It was rediscovered by Forrest Galante in 2019 while filming for the show EXTINCT OR ALIVE. The Apaporis River Basin ranges from being walled in by steep rock walls to muddy banks, which are covered in bamboo, trees, and shrubs. It is in these shrub covered, muddy banks that the Yellow caiman ( crocodilus apaporiensis) Lives.

Jaw Structure

Spectacled caimans Jaw structure which is very similar to the Yellow caiman's (crocodilus apaporiensis)

The upper Jaw slightly protrudes past the bottom giving its snout a slightly elongated look. The teeth are longer and skinnier from a life of eating fish. The jaw is vaguely similar in shape to that of a ghariels.