Rio Apaporis Caiman (Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis) is a species of caiman that lives in the rivers of Colombia.
Description[]
The Rio Apaporis Caiman has some unique adaptations, extreme morphological characteristics. It has an elongated thin skull and long snout. It is very light, yellowish-white with dark blotching.[1]
Discovery[]
In 1955, the Rio Apaporis Caiman was first described by a scientist named Doctor Federico Medem who collected 20 specimens.
In 1981, the Rio Apaporis Caiman was seen during the last expedition.
The last known Rio Apaporis Caiman died in a zoo in 1989.
Until 2019, the Biologist Forrest Galante and his crew rediscovered a wild Rio Apaporis Caiman in the rivers of Columbia and manage to collected a DNA sample by cutting a small scale piece from it's tail and discovered a dozen of juveniles meaning that the species is recoverings.