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In the end, the researchers actually saw only 23 Chinese alligators.

In 1968, he initiated the first captive breeding attempt for endangered Chinese alligators.

A huge Chinese alligator with a flat snout, black as cast iron, was lying there.

Indeed, far more Chinese alligators live in zoos around the world than can be found in the wild.

Chinese alligators only survive in Anhui province thanks to dedicated conservation efforts.

The Chinese alligator and crested ibis are two species saved from extinction by direct intervention.

There is also a fascinating sequence showing Chinese alligators bursting free of eggs and scuttling toward the water while their mother looks on.

The American alligator shares this genus with the Chinese alligator.

The Chinese alligator, which lives only along the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, fetches $15,000.

During his trips to China, he discovered the Chinese Alligator and cited the binomial name for it.

Both the American and Chinese Alligator are farmed intensively today, mostly within each species' respective native region.

Miami MetroZoo in Florida also has a breeding pair of Chinese alligators.

In China the organs of the Chinese Alligator are sold as cures for a number of ailments.

Center Exhibit: Chinese alligators, red-eared sliders, common snapping turtles.

The Chinese alligator likely descended from a lineage that crossed the Bering land bridge, also during the Neogene.

Alligator sinensis, the Chinese Alligator, has a snout that is somewhat blunt and could be considered specialized.

While Chinese alligators prefer low-lying wetlands, they were found living in ponds at higher elevations even though the soil was unsuitable for digging burrows.

The reptile house was remodled in 2012 to include taipans, death adders,Chinese alligator, and alligator snapping turtles.

The Chinese Alligator: Ecology, Behavior, Conservation, and Culture.

Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)

The genus Alligator has two living species, the American Alligator and the Chinese Alligator.

Several other species are being considered for this new section, including jaguars, Przewalski's horses, Chinese alligators, Philippine crocodiles, and many other threatened animals.

Reptiles at the zoo include Aldabra tortoise, rock python, Chinese alligator, cobra, monitor lizard, gharial, and turtles.

In its attempt at a comeback, the endangered Chinese alligator, which can live 60 years or more, has the advantage of being associated with the beneficent Chinese dragon.

In addition, Dr. Thorbjarnarson said, Chinese and American researchers are already making plans for the first attempt at reintroducing Chinese alligators.

As a result, populations of 47 threatened species increased, including the critically endangered Yangtze alligator.

There are many rare aquatic animals, such as the white dolphin, finless porpoise, Yangtze alligator, and so on.

Other animals facing immediate threat of extinction are the baiji dolphin, finless porpoise and the Yangtze alligator.

Not only the river dolphins are on display, giant salamanders, Japanese brocade carp, Yangtze alligators and Chinese sturgeon are all on display.

There are also rare species which cannot be found elsewhere outside China, such as a Yellow River mammoth, a giant salamander, a giant panda, and a Yangtze Alligator.

The Three Gorges dam project on the Yangtze river has led to a big reduction in the numbers of species such as the Yangtze alligator, Baiji dolphin and Chinese sturgeon.

Alligator sinensis, the Chinese Alligator, has a snout that is somewhat blunt and could be considered specialized.

Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)

There are two living alligator species: the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and the Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis).