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American alligator

Alligator mississippiensis

Photo by emmy.wade
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Bayou

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
AaronMitchell
I would not have gotten that close! Lol. Nice pic.
Scott Frazier
The scientific name of the the American alligator is: Alligator mississippiensis. Please add that to the space provided for scientific name so that your spotting can be considered identified.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2011

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