American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Query: alligator mississippiensis

Result: 103^rd of 189

Subject:	American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Poster:	Phoby (phoby@hanafos.com)

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American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

I wish folks would keep their pets on leashes! A very large alligator causes the average pedestrian to consider a detour.

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

Image ID: line0034, America's Coastlines Collection
Location: Sea Rim State Park, Texas
Photo Date: 1990 Summer
Photographer: Commander Grady Tuell, NOAA Corps

Source:
The NOAA Photo Library http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) http://www.noaa.gov/

alligator mississippiensis
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