Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Florida state record for the longest alligator is 14 feet 3-1/2 inches, while the record for weight is 1,043 pounds. At 13-15 feet long, The Big Humpback is an unusually large reptile, which ...
Three extant crocodilian species clockwise from top-left: saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), and gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) Crocodilia is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, which includes true crocodiles, the alligators, and caimans; as well as the gharial and ...
An alligator, or colloquially gator, is a large reptile in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae in the order Crocodilia. The two extant species are the American alligator (A. mississippiensis) and the Chinese alligator (A. sinensis). Additionally, several extinct species of alligator are known from fossil remains.
Gatorland is a 110-acre (45 ha) theme park and wildlife preserve in Florida, located along South Orange Blossom Trail south of Orlando.It was founded in 1949 by Owen Godwin on former cattle land, [1] [2] and is privately owned by his family.
Those with herpetophobia, beware — alligators in Florida can now climb fences. And no, we're not kidding. Last Saturday, Christina Stewart took to Facebook to share images and video of an ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726
[8]: 7 Its specific name, yacare, comes from the word jacaré, which means "alligator" in Old Tupi and then assimilated into Portuguese. [ 6 ] The yacare caiman is one of three extant (living) species of the genus Caiman , the other two being the Spectacled caiman ( Caiman crocodilus ) and the Broad-snouted caiman ( Caiman latirostris ).
Cladistically, it is defined as Crocodylus niloticus (the Nile crocodile) and all crocodylians more closely related to C. niloticus than to either Alligator mississippiensis (the American alligator) or Gavialis gangeticus (the gharial). [5] This is a stem-based definition for crocodiles, and is more inclusive than the crown group Crocodylidae. [3]