.::::: Crocodiles of the World - Alligator :::::.
Last update: 23 May, 2004

Alligator is a genus of two species found in Northern America and China.

Alligator Cuvier, 1807
 
Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1802)
Alligator lucius (Cuvier, 1807)
Crocodilus mississippiensis Daudin, 1802
Crocodilus lucius Cuvier, 1807
Lacerta alligator (Daudin, 1802)
Distribution: USA.
Alligator sinensis Fauvel, 1879
Caigator sinensis (Fauvel, 1879)
Distribution: China.
Literature
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