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:

English	—	CHINA ALLIGATOR, CHINESE ALLIGATOR
French	—	ALLIGATOR DE CHINE
Spanish	—	ALIGATOR DE CHINA

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

Citation:	Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. Alligator sinensis. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 July 2008.
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