American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Local along the coast in NC, the American Alligator reaches the northernmost part of its world range in North Carolina.
American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Orton Pond
Brunswick Co., NC
24 April 2004
American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Collier Co., FL
28 Mar 2004

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, Collier Co., FL
11 Feb 2016
American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, Collier Co., FL
11 Feb 2016

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Big Cypress, Collier Co., FL
23 Dec 2014
American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Big Cypress, Collier Co., FL
23 Dec 2014

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Alligator River NWR, Dare Co., NC
12 Aug 2013

Lurking in the aquatic vegetation


American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL
10 Feb 2014
American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL
10 Feb 2014

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Big Cypress NWR, Collier Co., FL
13 Feb 2014
American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Big Cypress NWR, Collier Co., FL
13 Feb 2014

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Big Cypress NWR, Collier Co., FL
13 Feb 2014

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, Collier Co., FL
10 Feb 2014

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, Collier Co., FL
15 May 2018

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, Collier Co., FL
15 May 2018

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, Collier Co., FL
15 May 2018

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, Collier Co., FL
15 May 2018

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, Collier Co., FL
15 May 2018

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Hanging out in my folks' neighbor's back yard!
Collier Co., FL
31 Dec 2009

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Look in the background to the lower left of the sign...

Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve
Collier Co., FL
17 April 2005


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