FAMILY:
ALLIGATORIDAE

A. mississippiensis
A. sinensis
C. crocodilus
C. c. apaporiensis
C. c. fuscus
C. latirostris
C. yacare
M. niger
P. palpebrosus
P. trigonatus

FAMILY:
CROCODYLIDAE

C. acutus
C. intermedius
C. johnstoni
C. mindorensis
C. moreletii
C. niloticus
C. novaeguineae
C. palustris
C. porosus
C. rhombifer
C. siamensis
M. cataphractus
O. tetraspis
T. schlegelii

FAMILY:
GAVIALIDAE

G. gangeticus

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The shape of the skull in Cuvier's dwarf caiman is short and blunt in hatchlings. However, once the animal begins to grow - as seen in this relatively large juvenile / small sub-adult - the skull becomes somewhat longer and more pointed than the typical caiman shape.

Photograph © John White

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	Two adult dwarf caimans holding onto a log		Head portrait of adult dwarf caiman		Adult caiman head from behind
	Developing head shape		Head of adult in water		Head of juvenile with water reflection
	Gaping juvenile