Louisiana Alligator
Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1801)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Reptilia |
| Order | Crocodylia |
| Family | Alligatoridae |
| Genus | Alligator |
| Species | Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1801) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygoxene
- Realm
- Aquatic
Distribution
Range
Known from five counties in Florida.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Florida
Counties
- Florida
- Dade, Jackson, Lafayette, Levy, Marion
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2019.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Georgia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Arkansas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Tennessee
- S3 Vulnerable
- Oklahoma
- S4 Apparently Secure
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Mississippi
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Florida
- S4 Apparently Secure
- North Carolina
- S3 Vulnerable
- Louisiana
- S5 Secure
- Texas
- S4 Apparently Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Florea, L.J. & Yuellig, A. 2007. Everglades National Park - surveying the southernmost cave in the continental United States. Inside Earth 10: 3–5. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/geog_fac_pub/6.
- Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
- Morris, T.L. 2006. A biological inventory of aquifer caves in Florida with special emphasis on troglobitic crustaceans and salamanders. Final report S0057 to Florida Department of Environmental Regulation. Karst Environmental Services, Inc., High Springs, Florida, USA. 44 pp.
- Poucher, S. 2011. A Field Guide to the Critters of Florida's Springs. National Speleological Society, Huntsville, Alabama, USA. 124 pp. ISBN 978–1-879961–42–5.
- Poucher, S. 2022. Wildlife of Florida's Springs. An Illustrated Guide to over 150 Species. Pineapple Press, Palm Beach, Florida, USA. 196 pp. ISBN 9780000000000.
- Pruitt & B. Jr. 2022. A rather maudlin' cave adventure. In: Poucher, S. (ed), Wildlife of Florida's Springs. An Illustrated Guide to over 150 Species, p. 83. Pineapple Press, Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
How to cite this account
Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1801). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2154. https://cavebiology.org/species/alligator-mississippiensis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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