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alligator Broad-snouted crocodilian reptile found only in the USA and China. The American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, is found in the se USA; it grows up to 5.8m (19ft) long. The almost extinct smaller Chinese alligator, A. sinensis, is restricted to the Yangtze-Kiang river basin. Length: up to 1.5m (5ft). Family Alligatoridea.

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