#1609 · 🦎 reptiles
American Alligator
🇳🇱 Mississippialligator ·Alligator mississippiensis
📍 Collier County, US-FL, US
📍 Florida, United States
📍 California, US
📍 The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
📍 Miami-Dade County, FL, USA
📍 Okeechobee, Florida, United States
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © sandiwheeler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Josiah Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Cathy Bester · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Vijay Barve · CC0
- 5. Collier County, US-FL, US:© Isaac Lord · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Florida, United States:© Phil's 1stPix · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 7. California, US:© Eric Koberle · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA:© Kristen Diesburg · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Miami-Dade County, FL, USA:© Joe MDO · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Okeechobee, Florida, United States:© no rights reserved · CC0
what is it?
The American alligator ( Alligator mississippiensis ), sometimes referred to colloquially as a gator or common alligator , is a large crocodilian reptile endemic to the southeastern United States. It is one of two living species in the genus Alligator within the family Alligatoridae; it is larger than the other extant alligator species, the Chinese alligator. 4 to 5 m (11 to 16 ft) in length, and can weigh up to 453 to 600 kg (1,000 to...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 106,270 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by François Marie Daudin in 1801 (225 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- American Alligator
- Nederlands
- Mississippialligator
- scientific name
- Alligator mississippiensis
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Crocodylia
- family
- Alligatoridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 106,270
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1801 by François Marie Daudin
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Alligatoridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 26159, Wikidata Q193327, GBIF 2441370, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.