American Alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 69,949
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The American alligator, sometimes referred to as a common alligator or just gator, is a large crocodilian reptile native to the Southeastern United States. It is one of the two extant species in the genus Alligator, and is larger than the only other living alligator species, the Chinese alligator.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “American alligator”.