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A July 2024 report in the AZ Animals blog sums up the largest alligator population by state: Louisiana: 2 million alligators. Florida: 1.3 million alligators. ... Oklahoma: 100 to 200 alligators-
Louisiana has the largest American alligator population of any U.S. state. In the future, possible American alligator populations may be found in areas of Mexico adjacent to the Texas border. [71] The range of the American alligator is slowly expanding northwards, including into areas they once found such as Virginia. [72]
Louisiana has the largest alligator population. [21] The majority of American alligators inhabit Florida and Louisiana, with over a million alligators in each state. Southern Florida is the only place where both alligators and crocodiles live side by side. [22] [23]
This is a list of species of fauna that have been observed in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. ... Common alligator, Alligator mississippiensis [5] [6] Squamata.
The species’ rebound was so successful that the state instituted a hunting season in 2008, which accounts for the yearly harvest of 300-400 gators across the state. DNR estimates there are about ...
That said, South Carolina’s Post and Courier reports that the state recorded five deaths resulting from alligator attacks between 2016 and 2022 but none in the previous 16 years.
There are over 177 species of fish in the US state of Oklahoma, at least 7% of which are not native. [1] Species include: Alabama shad (Alosa alabamae) Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) American eel (Anguilla rostrata) American gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) Arkansas darter (Etheostoma cragini)
State reptiles versus time. In 1969, Oklahoma designated the first state reptile when it chose the common collared lizard or "mountain boomer". [42] [66] Two states followed suit in the 1970s, seven states in the 1980s, eight states in the 1990s, and eight states in the 2000s.