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Can Crocs and alligators mate naturally?
 
Posts: 442 | Location: Emmett Id. USA | Registered: 03-25-03Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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No, the split between crocodile and alligator is at the "Family" level and interbreeding only occurs at the species level of classification (which is a few classification levels down from the more general Family level). So only species within the crocodile family can breed with each other. And likewise for alligators.

By the way, gators and crocs are both reptiles, not amphibians. Wink

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I didn't think they could, but then I got to wondering about that and decided to find out for sure. Thanks for the answer.
 
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What about caimans and garials?
 
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"See you later, alligator/ In a while, crocodile " So that's what it means ! ( I've been puzzling over what Bill Haley and the Comets were on about ever since 1958 ) So it's simply a statement, illustrating the non-compatability of reptilia reproduction-wise (and all set to a catchy tune).

Obvious, really.
 
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Gharial are in a different family from the others, making it very unlikely. Camians are in the same family as, but a different genus from alligators. It's also unlikely that they can interbreed.
 
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