The spectacled caiman has the largest range of any caiman[1] and any New World crocodilian.[2] It is found in various countries throughout the Americas. It has been confirmed to live in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela, and may also be extant in Belize and Bolivia.