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"On the Roof" Image#10387	A Fun Alligator Page for Kids
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The Alligator Book Buy Here The American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis is one of 23 species of the order Crocodylia. Only two of these are alligators, the other being the Chinese Alligator and that of course is native to China. Other members of Crocodylia are crocodiles and caimans. The record size for an alligator in Louisiana was 19 feet 2 inches. This was an old male killed near Vermilion bay in 1890. A 13-foot alligator is about the biggest you would normally see. The Coastal population is thought to be 1 to 1 and 1/2 million alligators. Once listed as an endangered species, it now quite populous due to good wildlife management.
Also enjoy one of CC's favorite Alligator photographs below. It's of a female alligator that is guarding her nest in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The nest is made by the female with marsh vegetation, its piled into a round mound where she lays 35 to 40 eggs. This Alligator is covered in Duckweed, an aquatic plant. Click here to see CC with a 5 1/2 foot American Alligator. 225.769.4766 fax: 225.767.3726 e-mail: P.O. Box 14876, Baton Rouge, LA 70898 Copyright © 2000 C.C. Lockwood All images are protected with electronic watermark