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  2. American crocodile - Wikipedia

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    The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) is a species of crocodilian found in the Neotropics. It is the most widespread of the four extant species of crocodiles from the Americas, with populations present from South Florida, the Caribbean islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, [4] and the coasts of Mexico to as far south as Peru, Ecuador ...

  3. American alligator - Wikipedia

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    The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), sometimes referred to as a gator or common alligator, is a large crocodilian reptile native to the Southeastern United States and a small section of northeastern Mexico. It is one of the two extant species in the genus Alligator, and is larger than the only other living alligator species, the ...

  4. List of crocodilians - Wikipedia

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    List of crocodilians. Crocodilia is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, which includes true crocodiles, the alligators, and caimans; as well as the gharial and false gharial. A member of this order is called a crocodilian, or colloquially a crocodile. The 9 genera and 28 species of Crocodilia are split into 3 subfamilies ...

  5. Rare American crocodile is discovered much farther north than ...

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    A rarely seen American crocodile has been documented in Central Florida, and it counts as one of the northernmost sightings ever reported.. The crocodile was seen Sunday, Dec. 4, in Brevard County ...

  6. American crocodiles are rare and one just showed up on a ...

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    A rarely seen American crocodile found its way ashore along Florida’s Treasure Coast, 160 miles north of Miami. It happened the first week of November in Indian River County, and video shows ...

  7. Alligator - Wikipedia

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    Alligator sinensis. † Alligator thomsoni. An alligator, or colloquially gator, is a large reptile in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae of the order Crocodilia. The two extant species are the American alligator (A. mississippiensis) and the Chinese alligator (A. sinensis).

  8. Crocodilia - Wikipedia

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    Crocodilia (or Crocodylia, both / krɒkəˈdɪliə /) is an order of semiaquatic, predatory reptiles known as crocodilians. They first appeared during the Late Cretaceous and are the closest living relatives of birds. Crocodilians are a type of crocodylomorph pseudosuchian, a subset of archosaurs that appeared about 235 million years ago and ...

  9. Cuban crocodile - Wikipedia

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    Crocodylus antillensis Varona. The Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) is a small-medium species of crocodile endemic to Cuba. Typical length is 2.1–2.3 m (6.9–7.5 ft) and typical weight 70–80 kg (150–180 lb). Large males can reach as much as 3.5 m (11 ft) in length and weigh more than 215 kg (474 lb).