American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) | Project Noah

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Photo by AshleyT

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Field Notes

Description:

The body is black and brown and covered in bony plates called scutes.

Habitat:

Sitting in the shallows in a marsh.

Reference Links:

American alligator

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