SPECIES PROFILE. REVISED FEBRUARY 2015.   AMERICAN CROCODILE   Crocodylus acutus   Kingdom: Animalia   Class: Reptilia   Superorder: Crocodylomorpha   Order: Crocodilia   Family: Crocodylidae   CONSERVATION STATUS   International: Vulnerable   U.S.: Threatened   Florida: Threatened   The image above clearly demonstrates physical features of the crocodile that contrast it from the alligator. Note the narrow snout, irregularly arranged scales, and color.   […]

  SPECIES PROFILE. REVISED FEBRUARY 2015.   AMERICAN ALLIGATOR   Alligator mississippiensis   Kingdom: Animalia   Class: Reptilia   Superorder: Crocodylomorpha   Order: Crocodilia   Family: Alligatoridae   Genus: Aligator   CONSERVATION STATUS   International: Least Concern   U.S.: Threatened (‘Due to similarity of appearance to the American Crocodile, Crocodylus acutus’)   The natural history of the alligator and its closest living relatives is a […]

Your chance of being attacked by an alligator in Florida, where most attacks occur, is about one in 24 million. Your chance of winning Florida’s Lotto Jackpot is one million better.   So, if you learn more about alligators and apply the information, you improve your safety factor (and by comparison, better your statistical odds […]