FAMILY:
ALLIGATORIDAE
A. mississippiensis
A. sinensis
C. crocodilus
C. c. apaporiensis
C. c. fuscus
C. latirostris
C. yacare
M. niger
P. palpebrosus
P. trigonatus
FAMILY:
CROCODYLIDAE
C. acutus
C. intermedius
C. johnstoni
C. mindorensis
C. moreletii
C. niloticus
C. novaeguineae
C. palustris
C. porosus
C. rhombifer
C. siamensis
M. cataphractus
O. tetraspis
T. schlegelii
FAMILY:
GAVIALIDAE
DICHOTOMOUS KEY
[German]
Hatchling alligator held in the palm of a hand. Although similar in appearance to its American cousin as a juvenile, differences become much more apparent as the animal grows, although it attains a much smaller adult size than the American alligator. Still highly threatened throughout its very limited range, its fate is still very much in our hands.
Photograph courtesy of Steve Grenard
