A close-up profile head-shot of an American alligator near a pond at an animal conservation exhibit in the Hunter valley in New South Wales, Australia.
The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), sometimes referred to as a gator or common alligator, is a large crocodilian reptile native to the Southeastern United States and a small section of northeastern Mexico. It is one of the two extant species in the genus Alligator, and is larger than the only other living alligator species, the Chinese alligator.
Size: 6048px × 4024px
Location: Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia
Photo credit: © Photography By Marco / Alamy / Afripics
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