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American alligator

Alligator mississippiensis

Photo by Jeff Dreier
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Boat launch area in a cypress swamp

Notes:

This one was motionless and holding what appears to be a Florida softshell. I think it was too big to be a spiny softshell.

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American alligator

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PublishedMarch 2, 2014

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