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Alligator mississippiensis (Alligator, Gator, American alligator, Florida alligator, Mississippi alligator, Louisiana alligator.)

Synonyms: Alligator lucius; Crocodilus cuvieri; Crocodilus lucius; Crocodilus mississipiensis; Crocodylus mississippiensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), sometimes referred to colloquially as a gator or common alligator, is a large crocodilian reptile endemic to the southeastern United States. It is one of two living species in the genus Alligator within the family Alligatoridae; it is larger than the other extant alligator species, the Chinese alligator. Adult male American alligators measure 3.4 to 4.6 m (11 to 15 ft) in length, and can weigh up to 453 kg (1,000 lb). Females are smaller, measuring around 3 m (9.8 ft). The American alligator inhabits freshwater wetlands, such as marshes and cypress swamps from Texas to North Carolina. It is distinguished from the sympatric American crocodile by its broader snout, with overlapping jaws and darker coloration, and is less tolerant of saltw
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Attributes

Egg Length [3]  2.992 inches (76 mm)
Gestation [4]  65 days
Litter Size [4]  42
Litters / Year [3]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  73 years
Water Biome [1]  Lakes and Ponds, Rivers and Streams, Coastal, Brackish Water
Adult Weight [2]  330.695 lbs (150.00 kg)
Birth Weight [3]  50 grams
Female Weight [3]  105.382 lbs (47.80 kg)
Diet [1]  Carnivore
Female Maturity [2]  12 years
Male Maturity [2]  12 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Emblem of

Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi

Prey / Diet

Predators

Alligator mississippiensis (Alligator, Gator, American alligator, Florida alligator, Mississippi alligator, Louisiana alligator.)[5]
Homo sapiens (man)[5]
Lontra canadensis (northern river otter)[5]
Procyon lotor (Raccoon)[5]

Consumers

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External References

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Citations

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♦ 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
♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 4Hunt, RH, Ogden, JJ (1991). Selected aspects of the nesting ecology of American alligators in the Okefenokee swamp. J. Herpetol. 25(4): 448-453
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 6Sylvilagus aquaticus, Joseph A. Chapman and George A. Feldhamer, Mammalian Species No. 151, pp. 1-4 (1981)
♦ 7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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