| Specimen ID | 1695449 |
| Group | Reptiles-Crocodilians |
| Genus | Alligator |
| Species | mississippiensis |
| Common Name | American alligator |
| State | AL |
| County | Limestone |
| Locality | Isolated portions of the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, north of the Tennessee River. |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Wheeler Lake |
| HUC8 Number | 06030002 |
| HUC10 Name | Piney Creek |
| HUC10 Number | 0603000208 |
| HUC12 Name | Lower Piney Creek |
| HUC12 Number | 060300020803 |
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| Collection Day | 22 |
| Collection Month | 6 |
| Collection Year | 1979 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | stocked for conservation |
| Status | unknown |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 37972 |
| Author: | Akesan, T. |
| Date: | 1980 |
| Title: | Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge: Annual Narrative Report: Calendar Year 1979 |
| Publisher: | US Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Pages: | 32 |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 37973 |
| Author: | Akesan, T. |
| Date: | 1981 |
| Title: | Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge: Annual Report: Calendar Year 1980 |
| Publisher: | US Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Pages: | 36 |
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| Comments | To establish a reserve conservation population, on June 22, 1979 55 juvenile alligators sourced from the Lacassine NWR, LA, were stocked into isolated portions of the Wheeler NWR north of the Tennessee River. Soon after release one alligator was shot and killed by a local fisherman, while two were removed by trapping in June and July 1980 due to political pressure. The surviving alligators may have contributed to later sightings and an apparently extant population in this area as of 2022. Two "rather large" alligators were observed in the Wheeler NWR earlier in 1979. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Stocked | 55 |
| Year Class | juvenile |
