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Florida american alligator. The american alligator alligator mississippiensis ranges throughout the southeastern united states and alligators within everglades national park exist at the southern extreme of their range. The american alligator is a large aquatic reptile and is one of two crocodilians native to florida. Sinensis additionally several extinct species of alligator are known from fossil remains. Fortunately the legal protection worked.
Alligators can be distinguished from the american crocodile by head shape and color. In 1987 the florida legislature designated the american alligator alligator mississippiensis as the official state reptile. The american alligator is a rare success story of an endangered animal not only saved from extinction but now thriving. The american and the chinese alligator sinensis.
American alligators once faced extinction. The word alligator comes from the spanish word for lizard el lagarto which is the term the early settlers of florida used when they first encountered them. A global problem southeast asia was challenging the american alligator alligator mississippiensis for dominance in the wetlands of southern florida released into the florida landscape after hurricane andrew damaged pet stores in 1992 as well as by change of heart pet owners burmese pythons soon established breeding populations in the state. Mississippiensis and the chinese alligator a.
Brought back from the brink of extinction over a million of these reptiles survive today. Alligators are crocodilians in the genus alligator of the family alligatoridae. The american crocodile crocodylus acutus is a species of crocodilian found in the neotropics it is the most widespread of the four extant species of crocodiles from the americas with populations present from south florida and the coasts of mexico to as far south as peru and venezuela. An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus alligator of the family alligatoridae the two living species are the american alligator a.
State and federal protections habitat preservation efforts and reduced. Alligators are found throughout florida and in parts of other southeastern states. Alligators have a broad rounded snout with no lower teeth visible when their jaw is closed. 25 26 the largest american alligator scientifically verified in florida for the period from 1977 to 1993 was reportedly 4 23 m 13 ft 11 in and weighed 473 kg 1 043 lb although another specimen size estimated from.
The habitat of the american crocodile consists largely of coastal areas. The largest american alligator ever killed in florida was 5 31 m 17 ft 5 in as reported by the everglades national park. Alligators first appeared during the oligocene epoch about 37 million years ago. There are two alligator species.
Long an unofficial symbol of the state the alligator originally symbolized florida s extensive untamed wilderness and swamps.
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