Animalia > Chordata > Reptilia > Crocodylia > Crocodylidae > Alligator > Alligator mississippiensis| | Alligator mississippiensis (Alligator, Gator, American alligator, Florida alligator, Mississippi alligator, Louisiana alligator.) | |
Synonyms: Alligator lucius; Crocodilus cuvieri; Crocodilus lucius; Crocodilus mississipiensis The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), sometimes referred to colloquially as a gator, is a reptile endemic only to the Southeastern United States. It is one of the two living species of alligator, in the genus Alligator, within the family Alligatoridae. It is larger than the other extant alligator species, the Chinese alligator. The American alligator inhabits wetlands which frequently overlap with human-populated areas. |
| Adult Weight [2] | 330.70 lbs (150.00 kg) |  | | Female Maturity [2] | 12 years 2 months | | Male Maturity [2] | 12 years 2 months | | | Diet [1] | Carnivore | | Maximum Longevity [2] | 73 years | | Water Biome [1] | Lakes and Ponds, Rivers and Streams, Coastal, Brackish Water |
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Big Cypress National Preserve |
V |
732120 |
Florida, United States |
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Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve National Park |
II |
616880 |
Texas, United States |
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Canaveral National Seashore |
II |
9090 |
Florida, United States |
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Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
8964 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Cumberland Island National Seashore |
II |
20629 |
Georgia, United States |
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Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve |
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Florida, United States |
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Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
66133 |
Arkansas, United States |
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Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary |
IV |
2387149 |
Florida, United States |
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Fort Caroline National Memorial |
III |
137 |
Florida, United States |
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Fort Pulaski National Monument |
V |
4213 |
Georgia, United States |
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Gulf Island National Seashore |
II |
67487 |
Florida, Mississippi, United States |
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Hot Springs National Park |
II |
5740 |
Arkansas, United States |
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Jean Lafitte National Hist. Park & Preserve National Historical Park |
II |
17686 |
Louisiana, United States |
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Little River National Wildlife Refuge |
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Oklahoma, United States |
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Little St. Simons Island |
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Georgia, United States |
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Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
38256 |
Florida, United States |
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Santee Coastal Reserve and Washo Reserve State Habitat Area |
IV |
20850 |
South Carolina, United States |
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South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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20317 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
26618 |
Alabama, United States |
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Florida Louisiana Mississippi |
Institutions (Zoos, etc.) |
MapsSE USA (Alabama, Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas), Mexico Terra typica: "les bords du Mississipi," U.S.A.; | Play / Pause |  | Volume |  |
Species recognized by Uetz P., , TIGR Reptile Database in  Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org ♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 3Sylvilagus aquaticus, Joseph A. Chapman and George A. Feldhamer, Mammalian Species No. 151, pp. 1-4 (1981) ♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder |
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