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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Revisiting the Karyotypes of Alligators and Caimans (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) after a Half-Century Delay: Bridging the Gap in the Chromosomal Evolution of Reptiles. | Aug 14, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Alligator Facts. | Jul 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Evolution of growth strategy in alligators and caimans informed by osteohistology of the late Eocene early‐diverging alligatoroid crocodylian Diplocynodon hantoniensis. | Mar 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - 10 Fascinating Alligator Facts to Take a Bite of. | Jan 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - How alligator armor could offer clues to bone disease. | Nov 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Specialized stem cell niche enables repetitive renewal of alligator teeth. | Jun 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute - How Long Can an Alligator Hold Its Breath? And Other Questions, Answered. | Feb 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Agricultural Marketing Resource Center - Alligator. | Sep 18, 2024 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Animal Foundation - Alligator � All You Need to know about this Massive Creature. | Aug 08, 2023 | ||
| Changed “It is considered endangered” to “Fewer than 100 Chinese alligators are thought to remain, and thus the species is considered critically endangered.” | Apr 13, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 13, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Alligator Facts for Kids Video. | Jan 19, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: KidsFront - Alligator. | May 29, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Alligator. | Oct 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Alligator. | Oct 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - Facts About Alligators. | Apr 17, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Australian Museum - Plate Tectonics. | Dec 23, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Animals and Plants - Crocodilian. | Dec 23, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids - Alligator Facts. | Mar 16, 2012 | ||
| New material regarding the life-span of alligators added. | Apr 22, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Animal Planet - Alligator. | Apr 14, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Alligator. | May 29, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - How Alligators Work. | May 29, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | May 09, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Alligator. | Mar 18, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Natural History and Conservation - Alligator mississippiensis (DAUDIN, 1801). | Mar 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Alligator. | Mar 07, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Animal Corner - Alligator. | Feb 07, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 04, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | May 10, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 16, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 23, 1999 |
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