Alligator sinensis

– Critically Endangered

Taxonomy

Kingdom:	ANIMALIA
Phylum:	CHORDATA
Class:	REPTILIA
Order:	CROCODYLIA
Family:	ALLIGATORIDAE
Scientific Name:	Alligator sinensis
Species Authority:	Fauvel, 1879
Common Name/s:	CHINA ALLIGATOR (Eng) CHINESE ALLIGATOR (Eng) ALLIGATOR DE CHINE (Fre) ALIGATOR DE CHINA (Spa)

Red List Category & Criteria:

CR A1c, D ver 2.3 (1994)

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Crocodile Specialist Group

History:

1982	-	Endangered (Groombridge 1982)
1986	-	Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988	-	Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1990	-	Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1994	-	Endangered (Groombridge 1994)

Range Description:	Distributed in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the southern part of Anhui Province and in some parts of the neighbouring provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu.
Countries:	Native: China (Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang)

Habitat and Ecology:

Found in the Yangtzee River and adjoining swamps, but also has terrestial nest sites, extensive underground burrows and basking areas.

System:

Terrestrial; Freshwater; Marine

List of Habitats:

5.1	Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)
5.4	Wetlands (inland) - Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands

Bibliography:

Crocodile Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website

Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Groombridge, B. 1982. The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book, Part 1: Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynocehapalia. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Citation:	Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. Alligator sinensis. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 12 May 2008.
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