Family Alligatoridae (Alligators and Caimans):
countries and regions with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
Brazil
6
No. 2
Bolivia
5
No. 3
Mato Grosso [Brazil]
5
No. 4
Rondonia [Brazil]
5
No. 5
Acre [Brazil]
4
No. 6
Amapa [Brazil]
4
No. 7
Amazonas [Brazil]
4
No. 8
Colombia
4
No. 9
Ecuador
4
No. 10
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
4
No. 11
French Guiana [France]
4
No. 12
Goias [Brazil]
4
No. 13
Guyana
4
No. 14
Marajo Island [Brazil]
4
No. 15
Para [Brazil]
4
No. 16
Peru
4
No. 17
Roraima [Brazil]
4
No. 18
Surinam
4
No. 19
Maranhao [Brazil]
3
No. 20
Mato Grosso do Sul [Brazil]
3
No. 21
Paraguay
3
No. 22
Sao Paulo [Brazil]
3
No. 23
Tocantins [Brazil]
3
No. 24
Venezuela
3
No. 25
Alagoas [Brazil]
2
No. 26
Argentina
2
No. 27
Bahia [Brazil]
2
No. 28
Ceara [Brazil]
2
No. 29
Distrito Federal (Brazil) [Brazil]
2
No. 30
Minas Gerais [Brazil]
2
No. 31
Paraiba [Brazil]
2
No. 32
Pernambuco [Brazil]
2
No. 33
Piaui [Brazil]
2
No. 34
Rio Grande do Norte [Brazil]
2
No. 35
Sergipe [Brazil]
2
No. 36
Trinidad [Trinidad & Tobago]
2
No. 37
Trinidad & Tobago
2
No. 38
Alabama [USA]
1
No. 39
Anhui [China]
1
No. 40
Arkansas [USA]
1
No. 41
Chiapas [Mexico]
1
No. 42
China
1
No. 43
Costa Rica
1
No. 44
El Salvador
1
No. 45
Espirito Santo [Brazil]
1
No. 46
Florida [USA]
1
No. 47
Georgia [USA]
1
No. 48
Grenada
1
No. 49
Grenadines [Grenada / Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
1
No. 50
Guatemala
1
No. 51
Honduras
1
No. 52
Jiangsu [China]
1
No. 53
Jiangxi [China]
1
No. 54
Louisiana [USA]
1
No. 55
Martinique [France]
1
No. 56
Mexico
1
No. 57
Mississippi [USA]
1
No. 58
Nicaragua
1
No. 59
North Carolina [USA]
1
No. 60
Oklahoma [USA]
1
No. 61
Panama
1
No. 62
Parana [Brazil]
1
No. 63
Puerto Rico
1
No. 64
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
1
No. 65
Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil]
1
No. 66
San Andres [Colombia]
1
No. 67
San Andres, Providencia & Santa Catalina [Colombia]
1
No. 68
Santa Catarina [Brazil]
1
No. 69
South Carolina [USA]
1
No. 70
Tennessee [USA]
1
No. 71
Texas [USA]
1
No. 72
Tobago [Trinidad & Tobago]
1
No. 73
Uruguay
1
No. 74
USA
1
No. 75
Vieques [Puerto Rico]
1
No. 76
Zhejiang [China]
1