American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Query: Mississippi alligator

Result: 5^th of 21

Subject:	American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
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American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. A model of an American alligator in the lobby of the Weeks Bay NERR Interpretive Center.

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

Image ID: nerr0211, NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve Collection
Location: Weeks Bay, Alabama

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

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Scientific Name: Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1802) Common Names: American Alligator, Mississippi Alligator, Common Alligator, Gator Synonyms: Crocodilus mississipiensis Daudin, 1802 Crocodilus lucius CUVIER 1807 Crocodilus cuvieri LEACH 1815 Alligator lucius — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836

Mississippi alligator
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