Francois Savigny / Spectacled caiman head on {Caiman sclerops} Llanos, Hato El Frio, Venezuela

Francois Savigny / Spectacled caiman {Caiman crocodilus} jaw and teeth close-up. Llanos, Venezuela, S. America

Francois Savigny / Spectacled caiman head close-up {Caiman crocodilus} Llanos, Venezuela Hato el Frio

David Pattyn / Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) resting in shrinking pool, Pouso Alegre lodge. Pantanal, Brazil. Highly commended in the Other Animals Category of the GDT competition 2013.

Franco Banfi,Franco Banfi / Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) Rio Baia Bonita, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Bence Mate / Head portrait of young Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) with mouth open, and plant sapling, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Bence Mate / Head portrait of young Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) with jaw closed, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Bence Mate / Head portrait of young Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) partially submerged in water, with reflection, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

David Pattyn / Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) portrait with head just on water surface, Pantanal, Brazil

David Pattyn / Spectacled caiman (Caiman yacare) walking on a sandy shore at the edge of a river at night, Pantanal, Brazil

Michel Roggo / Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodylus) at water surface. Beni, Bolivia, October.

Edwin Giesbers / Spectacled Caiman {Caiman crocodilus} head above water, Costa Rica