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    Species Accepted

    Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1801)

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 2 countries or islands

      2 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      GermanyNo
      South AfricaNo

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      55 results
      Aligator Americano Spanish
      Aligator amerykański Polish
      Aligator missisipijski Polish
      Aligator missisipski Polish
      Aligátor severoamerický Czech
      Aligátor-americano Portuguese
      Alligator English
      Alligator d'Amérique French
      Alligatore del Mississippi Italian
      American alligator English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      180 results
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      Greer, Skye, Michael J. Cramberg & Bruce A. Young. (2022). Morphometrics of the Spinal Cord and Surrounding Structures in Alligator mississippiensis. Biology 11(4): 514.
      Nifong, James C.; Adam E. Rosenblatt, Nathan A. Johnson, William Barichivich, Brian R. Silliman, and Michael R. Heithaus. (2012). American Alligator Digestion Rate of Blue Crabs and Its Implications for Stomach Contents Analysis. Copeia 2012 (3): 419-423.
      Finger, J.W., Jr., S.M. Goetz, M.D. Kelley, L.M. Horne, S. Piccolomini, R.M. Elsey & M.T. Mendonca. (2020). American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) Serum Inhibits Pitviper Venom Metalloproteinases. Journal of Herpetology 54 (2): 151-154.
      Cope, E. D. (1866). Third contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 17: 185-198 [1865].
      Trutnau, L., & Sommerlad, R. (2006). Crocodilians. Their natural history and captive husbandry. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 646 Pp. [Review in Reptilia GB 48: 8-10].
      Elsey, Ruth M., Ryan King, James C. Nifong and Michael G. Frick. (2014). Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator) epibiosis. Herpetological Review 45 (1): 118-119.
      Elsey, Ruth M., Will Selman, Javier G. Nevarez, Rudy W. Bauer, Ryan King, Mike Dupuis and Kenneth Kim. (2015). Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator) necrotizing exfoliation. Herpetological Review 46 (2): 246-248.
      Lainoff AJ, Moustakas-Verho JE, Hu D, Kallonen A, Marcucio RS, Hlusko LJ. (2015). A comparative examination of odontogenic gene expression in both toothed and toothless amniotes. J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 324B:255–269; DOI: 10.1002/Jez.B.22594.
      ELSEY, R. M., M. MILLER, N. LATIOLAIS, AND Q. SAM. (2020). Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator). Survival Of Farm-Released Juvenile. Herpetological Review 51: 117.

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