Alligator sinensis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA REPTILIA CROCODYLIA ALLIGATORIDAE

Scientific Name: Alligator sinensis
Species Authority Fauvel, 1879
Common Name/s:
English – China Alligator, Chinese Alligator
French – Alligator De Chine
Spanish – Aligator De China

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Critically Endangered   A1c, D   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s Crocodile Specialist Group
History:
1994 – Endangered (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986 – Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1982 – Endangered (Groombridge 1982)

Geographic Range [top]

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)

Population [top]

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Found in the Yangtzee River and adjoining swamps, but also has terrestial nest sites, extensive underground burrows and basking areas.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Conservation Actions [top]

Citation: Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. Alligator sinensis. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 November 2008.
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