Alligator Adaptationsby Maria A and Leona Y

Basic InformationGenus: Alligator

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Superorder: Crocodylomorpha

Order: Crocodilia

Family: Alligatoridae

Subfamily: Alligatorinae

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Adaptations● Camouflage hide. Skin is covered with bumps to look like vegetation on water.

Skin color helps to blend in with environment.● Semi-transparent membranes which cover their eyes when submerging under

water. That feature helps them see better.● Alligators are capable of submerging underwater for several hours. Their

heart rate will slow down and blood will be directed to critical areas of their body.

● Webbed toes for living in the water.● Eyes and nostrils placed on top of the head to stay almost submerged and still

be able to see and breath well.

More about alligatorAlligators are native only to the United States

and China.

American alligators are found in the southeast

United States: all of Florida and Louisiana, the

southern parts of Georgia, Alabama, and

Mississippi, coastal South and North Carolina,

East Texas, the southeast corner of Oklahoma,

and the southern tip of Arkansas. According to

the 2005 Scholastic Book of World Records,

Louisiana has the largest alligator population.

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