Crocs moving north
As its population rebounds, the
American crocodile is expanding
into parts of its former range.
NORTH
AMERICA
UNITED STATES
Area
Enlarged
FLA.
600 mi
600 km
SOUTH
AMERICA
American crocodile
Crocodylus acutus
American alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
S.C.
Georgia
Alabama
ATL.
OCEAN
Florida
Canaveral
National
Seashore
Gulf of
Mexico
Orlando
Satellite
Beach
Tampa
Miami
100 mi
Everglades
National Park
100 km
Key Largo
Christine Fellenz, NG Staff.
Sources: U.S. Geological Suvey Gap
Analysis Project, 2018; IUCN