american alligator

American Alligator

Characteristics

Habitat

Swamps

Lake

Marshes

What do they Eat?

Snapping Turtle

Heron

Dogs

Humans

What eats them?

Humans

River Otters

Raccoons

Species

Endangered

Leather

Hunting

Pollution

Crocodile vs. Alligator

Keystone species

Burrows

Predation

Works Cited

• “American Alligator.” National Geographic. National Geographic Society, 2014. Web. 2 2 2014. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/american-alligator/

• “American Alligator.” Smithsonian National Park. Smithsonian National Park, 2014. Web. 2 2 2014. http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/Facts/FactSheets/Americanalligator.cfm

• “American Alligator Fact Sheet.” Defenders of Wildlife. Defenders of the Wildlifes, 2014. Web. 2 March 2014. http://www.defenders.org/american-alligator/basic-facts

• Schechter, B. and R. Street "Alligator mississippiensis." Animal Diversity. 2000. Web. Accessed March 02, 2014 http://www.biokids.umich.edu/accounts/Alligator_mississippiensis/