Alligator mississippiensis
Alligator mississippiensis
(American alligator)
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3 results for Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator)
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Specimen IDStateCountyLocalityYear HUC Number What's this? Drainage nameStatus
271995 ILCookChicago River, near the Belmont Avenue bridge2010 07120003 Chicagofailed
1548399 ILCookHumboldt Park, Chicago, IL2019 07120003 Chicagofailed
271798 ILCookSouth Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River (Bubbly Creek) near the Racine Avenue pumping station.2008 07120003 Chicagofailed

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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2021]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [12/9/2021].

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