﻿Smithsonian 
  Report. 
  1943. 
  Cochran 
  

  

  Plate 
  18 
  

  

  1. 
  American 
  crocodile 
  (Oocodytus 
  ncictus). 
  Color: 
  adults 
  olive 
  to 
  dull 
  gray; 
  young, 
  greenish 
  with 
  black 
  

   markings. 
  Length: 
  over 
  H 
  feet. 
  Range: 
  southeastern 
  Florida 
  and 
  Florida 
  Keys; 
  the 
  Greater 
  Antilles 
  

   except 
  Puerto 
  Rico; 
  both 
  coasts 
  of 
  Central 
  America 
  from 
  Mexico 
  to 
  Ecuador 
  and 
  Colombia. 
  Usually 
  not 
  

   aggressive 
  but 
  dangerous 
  because 
  of 
  powerful 
  tail 
  and 
  jaws. 
  (Courtesy 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park.) 
  

  

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  2. 
  American 
  alligator 
  (Alliqafor 
  mississipiensis). 
  Color: 
  Adults 
  uniformly 
  black 
  or 
  dull 
  gray; 
  young, 
  

   black 
  or 
  dark 
  brown 
  with 
  bright 
  yellow 
  cross 
  bands. 
  Length: 
  about 
  12 
  feet. 
  Range: 
  from 
  the 
  Carolinas 
  to 
  

   Florida, 
  west 
  through 
  the 
  Gulf 
  States 
  to 
  the 
  Rio 
  Grande 
  in 
  Texas. 
  Usually 
  timid, 
  but 
  able 
  to 
  defend 
  itself 
  

   by 
  lashing 
  its 
  tail 
  and 
  biting 
  savagely. 
  (Courtesy 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park.) 
  

  

  