Alligator sinensis

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Critically Endangered

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater

Ecology: Found in the Yangtzee River and adjoining swamps , but also has terrestial nest sites, extensive underground burrows and basking areas.[1]


List of Habitats :5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) 5.4Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps, Fens , Peatlands

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Alligator sinensis — Wermuth & Fuchs 1979
2. Alligator sinensis — Wu Et Al. 2001
3. Caigator sinensis — Deraniyagala 1947

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Alligator

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 19 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. (Jacare) · A. chiapasius · A. cynocephalus · A. darwini · A. hantoniensis · A. latirostris · A. lucius · A. mcgrewi · A. mefferdi · A. missisippiensis · A. mississipiensis (Mississippi Alligator) · A. mississipp · A. mississippiensis (Mississippi Alligator) · A. olseni · A. prenasalis · A. punctulatus · A. sclerops · A. sinensis (Chinese Alligator) · A. thomsoni

More Info

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Further Reading

• A new crocodile from New Guinea, by Karl P. Schmidt. Chicago, 1928. ENG url p. 181.
• A new fossil alligator from Nebraska / by Karl P. Schmidt. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1941. ENG url p. 30, p. 32.
• Amphibia and reptiles, by Hans Gadow. London, Macmillan and co., limited, 1901. ENG url p. 651.
• Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum [etc.] GER url p. 24, p. 68.
• Annales du Muse colonial de Marseille. Marseille: Muse colonial, 1907-1954. FRE url p. 165.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. ENG url p. 100, p. 103, p. 110, p. 112, p. 124, p. 125, p. 128, p. 135, p. 154, p. 155, p. 157, p. 158, p. 168.
• Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 133, p. 160, p. 183, p. 292.
• Asiatic herpetological research. Berkeley, Calif.: Asiatic Herpetological Research Society: c1990- ENG url p. 112, p. 113, p. 114, p. 115, p. 116, p. 129, p. 132, p. 135, p. 136, p. 137, p. 138, p. 157.
• Berlig (2008) Elaphe 16 (1): 24-27
• Biologisches Zentralblatt. Leipzig [etc.]VEB Georg Thieme [etc.] GER url p. 250.
• Blood immunity and blood relationship; a demonstration of certain blood-relationships amongst animals by means of the precipitin test for blood, by George H. F. Nuttall...Including original researches by G. S. Graham-Smith...and T. S. P. Strangeways. Cambridge, University press, 1904. ENG url p. 205, p. 210, p. 300.
• Brehms Tierleben: allgemeine Kunde des Tierreichs / von A.E. Brehm; mit etwa 2000 Abbildungen im Text, ©ber 500 Tafeln in Farbendruck, Kupfer©Þtzung und Holzschnitt und 13 Karten. Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1911-1921. GER url p. 581.
• Chu-chien (1982) In: CROCODILES, IUCN PUBLICATION NEW SERIES: 54-62
• College zoology, by Robert W. Hegner. New York, The Macmillan company, 1912. ENG url p. 549.
• Crocodile Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
• Deraniyagala (1947) Proc. Third Ann. Sessions Ceylon Assoc. Sci., Pt. 2:12
• Distribution and origin of life in America, by Robert Francis Scharff. New York: Macmillan, 1912. ENG url p. 180.
• Fauvel (1879) J. North-China Branch Royal Asiatic Society (Shanghai) , N.S. 13: 1-36
• Fishman et al. (1968) Mammal. Chrom. Newsl. 9: 81-82
• Groombridge, B. 1982. The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book, Part 1: Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynocehapalia. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• Handwörterbuch der naturwissenschaften / hrsg. von prof. dr. E. Korschelt (zoologie) prof. dr. G. Linck (mineralogie und geologie) prof. dr. F. Oltmanns (botanik) prof. dr. K. Schaum (chemie) prof. dr. H. Th. Simon (physi Jena: G. Fischer, 1912-1915. GER url p. 337, p. 893.
• Hsiao (1934) Peking Nat. Hist. Bull. 9: 283-292
• Huang et al. (1986) Oceanol. Limnol. Sinica 4 (4): 360-371.
• IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
• IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
• Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum I.-[II.] teil. Frankfurt a. M., Druck von Gebr©der Knauer, 1893-98. GER url p. 19.
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• Kungliga Svenska vetenskapsakademiens årsbok. Stockholm, Almqvist ' Wiksells Boktr, , 1931-1968. SWE url p. 193.
• Natur und Museum. Frankfurt am Main. MUL url p. 142.
• Naturwissenschaftliche Wochenschrift. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 14.
• Olbort (2003) Elaphe 11 (4): 40-46
• Peng et al. (2006) Zoo Biology 25:479–490
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• Reptiles and batrachians, by E. G. Boulenger, with numerous illustrations. London, J. M. Dent & sons, ltd.:[1914] ENG url p. 45.
• The alligator and its allies, by Albert M. Reese with 62 figures and 28 plates. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. ENG url p. 3, p. 36.
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• Wermuth & Fuchs (1978) Bestimmen Krokodilen Häute.
• Wu et al. (2001) Acta Zool. Sinica 47 (5): 522-527
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. Alligator sinensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
• Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• GBIF-Sweden: Herpetology (NRM)
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Reptile Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2535959
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-1178
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 202209
• IUCN ID: 867
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: C00W
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1730

Footnotes

1. Crocodile Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]

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