Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Alligator
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Alligators
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Echte Alligatoren
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Egentlige Alligatorer
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1807 |  |
Alligator Cuvier (type species: Crocodilus lucius Cuvier 1807) |
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1821 | |
Cayman Graves [substitute name for Alligator Cuvier 1807] (syn. Wermuth & Mertens 1977) |
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1830 | |
Champsa Wagler (type species: Crocodilus lucius Cuvier 1807; syn. Wermuth & Mertens 1977) |
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1947 | |
Caigator Deraniyagala (type species: Alligator sinensis Fauvel 1879; syn. Wermuth & Mertens 1977) |
Contents:
2 species, both of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Introduced to:
Bahamas,
USA
(Arizona).
Distribution:
China,
USA.
Reported from:
China
(Anhui,
Jiangsu,
Jiangxi),
USA
(Alabama,
Arkansas,
Florida,
Georgia,
Louisiana,
Mississippi,
North Carolina,
Oklahoma,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Texas).
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Alligator mississippiensis
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American Alligator, Mississippi Alligator, Florida Alligator, Louisiana Alligator
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Mississippi-Alligator, Hechtalligator
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Amerikansk Alligator, Mississippialligator
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1802 | |
Crocodilus mississipiensis [sic] Daudin |
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Alligator mississipensis [sic] Gray 1831 |
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1842 | |
Alligator mississippiensis Holbrook [nomen emendatum; ICZN (1958): Direction 97] |
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1807 | |
Crocodilus lucius Cuvier (Wermuth & Mertens 1977) |
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1815 | |
Crocodilus cuvieri Leach (Wermuth & Mertens 1977) |
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1865 | |
Alligator helois Cope (Wermuth & Mertens 1977) |
Remarks:
Introduced to Arizona, but not established (Lowe 1964).
Introduced to:
Bahamas
(Berry Islands: Great Harbour Cay),
USA
(Arizona).
Distribution:
USA
(Alabama,
Arkansas,
Florida,
Georgia,
Louisiana,
Mississippi,
North Carolina,
Oklahoma,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Texas).
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Alligator mississippiensis
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Alligator sinensis
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Chinese Alligator, Yangtze Alligator
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China-Alligator
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Kinesisk Alligator
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1879 | |
Alligator sinensis Fauvel |
Distribution:
China
(Anhui,
Jiangsu,
Jiangxi).
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Alligator sinensis
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