American Alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
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American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Description The American alligator is a large, semi-aquatic, armored reptile that is related to crocodiles. Their body alone ranges from 6 - 14 feet long.
American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Our largest reptile, the American Alligator reaches its northern limit in the northeastern Coastal Plain of North Carolina.
American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Alligators have been around longer than dinosaurs, around 65 million years! During this time they've remained virtually unchanged.
American Alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
The American alligator is the largest reptile in North America. It has a large, dark (usually black), slightly rounded body and thick limbs. Unlike the crocodile, the alligator has a broad head.
American Alligator
Spotted this gator while at Grassy Waters Preserve today. We have had a lot of rain so there was no dry land available.
American Alligator
It actually looks like this one is smiling:) ...
American Alligator
Range
Found only in the United States along the Atlantic coast from the border of Virginia and North Carolina south through southern Florida and west to the Rio Grande in east Texas.
American Alligator
Factoid:
A member of the crocodile family, alligators are living fossils that can be traced back 230 million years.
American Alligator Species Profile
American Alligator Stats
Scientific Name: Alligator mississippiensis
Family: Crocodylidae
Adult Size: Adulthood starts about 7 feet; record size is nearly 19 feet ...
AMERICAN ALLIGATOR FACTS
Description
The American Alligator is a large reptile with a slightly rounded body, sturdy limbs, a broad head, and powerful tail. Adults are dark green, or brown in colour.
American Alligator
The American Alligator is a common sight in the southern USA. Female alligators are usually 8 feet long; males are bigger at about 11 feet in length. Males also weigh more: a large male alligator can weigh as much as 1,000 pounds! ...
American Alligator Range
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Fast Facts
Type: Reptile Diet: Carnivore Average life span in the wild: 35 to 50 years Size: 10 to 15 ft (3 to 4.6 m) Weight: 1, ...
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American Alligator
Taxonomy
Order: Crocodylia
Family: Alligatoridae
Genus/species: Alligator mississippiensis ...
The American alligator was once hunted for its meat and skin. Its population once has decreased so dramatically that it was listed as an endangered species. Today, its population has increased and it is listed as a threatened species.
This page contains samples from our picture files on the American Alligator. These images are intended to communicate the sense of awe and wonder I have for these amazing beings.
The shaded region represents the range of the American alligator in North Carolina.
Photo by John McAllister
A clutch of alligator eggs.
Photo by David Scott ...
American Alligator
Sighting:
Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida ...
American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2007. While these images are the property of mongabay.
American alligators are an average six to fifteen feet long (the record American alligator was over 19 feet long and 1043 pounds.)
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The American alligator has a large lizard-like body with four short legs and a long muscular tail. A gator's hide is rough and scaled. Young alligators are black with bright yellow blotches and stripes. Adults are a uniform dark color.
American Alligator
Although they may not look like it, alligators are more closely related to birds than to lizards. Birds and alligators have muscular gizzards and four-chambered hearts.
American alligator
Class: Reptilia
Status: IUCN: Lower Risk/least concern; CITES: Not listed
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American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
The largest reptile in North America, the iconic American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is considered to be a living fossil, having... More 47 Images 6 Videos ...
American alligators are usually found in freshwater swamps, marshes, rivers, lakes, and occasionally, smaller bodies of water. It is believed that this preference for calm waters has to do with their swimming and breathing.
American alligators are key species in their ecosystems. They create "gator holes" by sweeping their large tails. These holes retain water during the dry seasons. Sometimes, these holes are the only sources of water around.
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American Alligator - Fairly common in many Coastal Plain lakes, rivers, and associated aquatic habitats, and common in Mobile - Tensaw Delta.
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American Alligators are found in the subtropical southeast US: all of Florida and Louisiana; the southern parts of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi; coastal South and North Carolina; Southeastern Texas and in extreme southwest Oklahoma and Arkansas.
American alligators are found in the coastal plain from North Carolina, southward throughout Florida and westward to the southern tip of Texas. They inhabit fresh and brackish marshes, ponds, lakes, rivers and swamps, bayous and big spring runs.
American Alligator. While its ancient, 40-foot long relatives from over 100 million years ago were literally dinosaur-eaters, today's relatives come in well short of this on size, but perhaps matched in reputation.
An American alligator
Chinese alligators live in a just a small part of north-eastern China. It is thought that there are just 150 Chinese alligators left in the wild.
The American alligator, Alligator mississipiensis, is found in swamps and sluggish streams from North Carolina to Florida and along the Gulf Coast. When young, it is dark brown or black with yellow transverse bands.
The American Alligator is noted for its good parenting skills. Alligators build a large nest made of decaying plant material and mud. The nest is situated above the waterline on either a bank or vegetation mat.
The American Alligator is the official state reptile and the mascot of the University of Florida.
FWC Facts:
American alligators lose and replace 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
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The American alligator is the largest reptile in North America and has been a successful predator for 200 million years! Alligators are less aggressive than crocodiles, and they hibernate during the winter.
Alligators: The American alligator Alligator mississipiensis (adult length 4-6 m), and the Chinese alligator Alligator sinensis (2.1 m, 36 kg).
Bobcats (Felis rufus), dogs (Canis familiaris), coyotes (C. lutrans), foxes, gray wolves (C. lupus), and American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) have all been reported to kill northern river otters [4,14,15].
The American Alligator is found in the United States from the Carolinas to Florida and along the Gulf Coast. The majority of American Alligators inhabit Florida and Louisiana. In Florida alone there are an estimated more than 1 million alligators.
The American alligator which is about 12 to 14 ft. is found from North Carolina to Florida and in the Gulf states. When young, it is dark brown or black with yellow transverse bands. These fade as the animal grows older, and the adult is black.
American Comeback: The most widely studied alligator is probably the American alligator.
American Alligators are the best vocalizers of the crocodilians. Adults have a throaty, bellowing roar with great carrying power.
Raccoons are the leading predator of nests, and can cause almost complete colony nesting failure when water dries under nests in drought years. Adults are rarely preyed on, but unwary ones have been picked off by American alligators.
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Regular, non-nesting-season predators include great horned owls, northern harriers, bald eagles, golden eagles, american alligators, bobcats, great black-backed and california gulls.
 See also: Alligator, Reptile, Crocodile, Turtle, Snake
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