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  1. Very swampy shot, nice! Posted 8 years ago
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The American alligator, sometimes referred to colloquially as a gator, is a reptile endemic only to the Southeastern United States. It is one of the two living species of alligator, in the genus "Alligator", within the family "Alligatoridae". It is larger than the other extant alligator species, the Chinese alligator.

Similar species: Crocodilia
Species identified by Eric_S
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Uploaded Sep 2, 2014. Captured Aug 30, 2014 10:04 in 2426 Nursery Road, Charleston, SC 29414, USA.
  • Canon PowerShot SX40 HS
  • f/6.3
  • 1/101s
  • ISO200
  • 96.572mm