The spectacled caiman is listed as a species of least concern on the IUCN Red List, due to its large range and population globally, following two assessments as threatened in 1986 and 1988.[1] The subspecies C. c. crocodilus is on Appendix II of CITES,[2] C. c. apaporiensis Appendix I,[26] and C. c. fuscus Appendix II.[27]