Alligators & Crocodiles 23 images Created 25 May 2013
A gallery of the reptiles in the Order Crocodylia, alligators, caiman and crocodiles. All 21 species found worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions are aquatic and carnivorous. The species in this gallery were photographed in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama and Florida.
![Black Caiman [Caiman niger]; Laguna Anangucocha, Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I00001bRfWYnYE3M/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I00001bRfWYnYE3M.jpg)
![Black Caiman [Caiman niger]; Laguna Anangucocha, Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000U522ue_6yAE/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000U522ue_6yAE.jpg)
![American Crocodile [Crocodylus acutus]; watching Roseate Spoonbill [Ajaia ajaja]; in Rio Nosara estuary, Rio Nosara, Costa Rica](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000P2CYbUCymHw/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000P2CYbUCymHw.jpg)
![Black Caiman [Caiman niger] guarding nest; Laguna Anangucocha, Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000nDXvBszM1B0/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000nDXvBszM1B0.jpg)
![Black Caiman [Caiman niger] guarding nest; Laguna Anangucocha, Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000dPE6yEHBvhg/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000dPE6yEHBvhg.jpg)
![Black Caiman [Caiman niger] guarding nest; Laguna Anangucocha, Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000BjDVT7ScVrE/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000BjDVT7ScVrE.jpg)
![Black Caiman [Caiman niger] guarding nest; Laguna Anangucocha, Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000Fxn59pcAlGA/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000Fxn59pcAlGA.jpg)
![Black Caiman [Caiman niger]; Laguna Anangucocha, Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000bRSnZLtbVB0/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000bRSnZLtbVB0.jpg)
![Black Caiman [Caiman niger]; Laguna Anangucocha, Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I00000SPwW6DRlhY/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I00000SPwW6DRlhY.jpg)
![American Crocodile [Crocodylus acutus] living in inland lake, territorial display to rival or potential mate; Soberania National Park, Panama](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000UHwQXrO7J6g/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000UHwQXrO7J6g.jpg)
![American Crocodile [Crocodylus acutus] living in inland lake, territorial display to rival or potential mate; Soberania National Park, Panama](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000.3JMsxZsHwQ/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000.3JMsxZsHwQ.jpg)
![American Crocodiles [Crocodylus acutus] living in inland lake, territorial posturing; Soberania National Park, Panama](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000p5Ihxdr6kRo/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000p5Ihxdr6kRo.jpg)
![Alligator [Alligator mississippiensis] adult female with babies covered with pond weed, sunning; Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000wPdhq9q7.aQ/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000wPdhq9q7.aQ.jpg)
![Alligator [Alligator mississippiensis] adult female with babies covered with pond weed, sunning; Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000I4ikVJ5tYQE/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000I4ikVJ5tYQE.jpg)
![Alligator [Alligator mississippiensis]; Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000ROHDzcdbfGU/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000ROHDzcdbfGU.jpg)
![Alligator [Alligator mississippiensis] immature; Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000Cz8vCRgIF3w/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000Cz8vCRgIF3w.jpg)
![Alligator [Alligator mississippiensis] juvenile & Florida Red-bellied Turtle sunning on snag in cyprus swamp; Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000_bliv1zBRGU/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000_bliv1zBRGU.jpg)
![Alligator [Alligator mississippiensis] sunning; Everglades National Park, Florida](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000T.gnZiJlUH4/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000T.gnZiJlUH4.jpg)
![Alligator [Alligator mississippiensis]; Everglades National Park, Florida](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000zXNUylVgBBE/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000zXNUylVgBBE.jpg)
![Alligator [Alligator mississippiensis]; Everglades National Park, Florida](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000nexfmKHcI7c/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000nexfmKHcI7c.jpg)
![Alligator [Alligator mississippiensis] babies, sunning; Everglades National Park, Florida](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000Aj6igzHyNjY/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000Aj6igzHyNjY.jpg)
![Alligator [Alligator mississippiensis] submerged, cooling in mud and water lettuce; Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I00000R33NKUCdi8/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I00000R33NKUCdi8.jpg)
![Alligator [Alligator mississippiensis] submerged, cooling in mud and water lettuce; Corkscrew Swamp National Park, Florida](https://www.pronghornwildlifephotography.com/img-get2/I0000JomgTlGXukU/fit=200x200/fill=/g=G0000t0q26Xvpm8Q/I0000JomgTlGXukU.jpg)