Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Crocodilians Alligatoridae Asia North America Taxonomy of the genus Alligator Biodiversity of the family Alligatoridae Bibliography of the genus Alligator (Alligators) (Reptilia: Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted. Alligator in general Belleville, B. 1982. Alligator farming expands slowly but steadily as culture techniques develop. Aquaculture Magazine 8(6): 4-6. Elgar, M.A.; Crozier, R.H. 1988. Environment and sex determination in alligators. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 3(3): 59-60. Hayman, R.B.; Harvey, R.G.; Mazzotti, F.J.; Israel, G.D.; Woodward, A.R. 2014. Who complains about alligators? 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