alligator
Reptilia > Crocodilia > Alligatoridae
Alligator mississipiensis Daudin
Photographer: James Henderson, Gulf South Research Corporation
Description: West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

The American alligator or gator (Alligator mississippiensis) is a large crocodilian reptile endemic to the southeastern United States.

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