Many indigenous animal species such as caiman and tapir are used in spiced stews. Large anacondas may take an occasional young caiman of this species. Among the largest predatory creatures are the black caiman, jaguar, cougar, and anaconda. The spectacled caiman is a small to medium-sized crocodilian. They coexist with the smaller spectacled caiman within Central America. She often held a parrot, was seated on a caiman or alligator, with a cornucopia. Usually hunting at night, the diet of the spectacled caiman varies seasonally. Rodriguez flying fox, brush-tailed porcupine, broad-snouted caiman, sand boa, and marine toad. The yacare caiman is ecologically similar to the spectacled caiman. The nameplate "Cayman" is an alternative spelling of caiman, a member of the alligator family. It has osteoderms on its scales, a feature also present in the spectacled caiman. The black caiman is one of the largest extant reptiles. The smallest species is the Cuvier's dwarf caiman ("Paleosuchus palpebrosus"), which grows to long. The black caiman has dark-coloured, scaly skin. Occasionally predators are caught and killed by the mother caiman.