Juvenile alligator is basking in the sun atop a concrete retention pond wall.

Young alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) doing what gators do best...loafing. #photography #naturephotography #alligator #gator #reptiles #crocodilians #floridareptiles #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #herpetology #floridagalligator

A closeup of the side of a hatchling caiman's head, mouth open and snout uplifted before a background of lush green aquatic vegetation. The hatchling has a dark brown coloration above, while the throat and lower jaw are yellowish.

A hatchling Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger), encountered a few weeks ago in the Peruvian Amazon. Hatchlings occur in groups guarded by an adult female. Under her watchful eye, they hunt small fish, frogs, and various invertebrates. #herps #NaturePhotography #crocodilians

Soft shell turtle and young alligator on a collision course. Turtle blinks and dives under the gator.

Face off. Florida soft shell turtle (Apalone ferox) and alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) on a collision course. Turtle dives under right after the shot. #photography #naturephotography #alligator #gator #reptiles #turtles #crocodilians #floridareptiles #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

PERSPECTIVE: Sustainable use can affect behavioral, ecological and #evolutionary processes in vertebrates: #Crocodilians as models zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #animalharvesting #geneticimpacts @amcell.bsky.social @conservresearch.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

Time for another gator pic. American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) basking next the La Chua Trail, Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Gainesville FL. #photography #naturephotography #alligator #gator #reptiles #crocodilians #floridareptiles #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) lurking in the waters of Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park. #photography #floridawildlife #alligators #floridaalligator #reptiles #crocodilians #floridanature #nature #paynesprairiestatepark #paynesprairie

New from #RSOS: Structure and evolution of the embryonic cartilaginous skull of #crocodilians. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Identification and tissue-specific expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism in broad-snouted caiman zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #crocodilians #physiology #metabolism #lipids @amcell.bsky.social @elissazcameron.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

#inktober2025 #drawtober Croctober day 5 - Araripesuchus

#Croctober #Crocodilians #crocodiles #Araripesuchus #Cretaceous #Extinct #inktober #PaleoArt #SciArt #ArtYear #ArtShare #BskyArt #Art #Artist

Croctober day 4 - Stomatosuchus🐊

Stomatosuchus had a long, flat jaw with a huge throat pouch similar to a pelican's, its jaw was toothless and its upper jaw had small teeth

#Croctober #Stomatosuchus #crocodiles #Crocodilians #Extinct #SciArt #PaleoArt #inktober #ArtYear #ArtShare #BskyArt #Art

Croctober day 3 - Metriorhynchus🐊🌊

Metriorhynchus is a thalattosuchian, a group of marine crocodilians with a tail anatomy resembling tail flukes of sharks

#CrocTober #Metriorhynchus #Crocodiles #Crocodilians #prehistoric #jurassic #marinelife #PaleoArt #sciart #Inktober #Artshare #Artyear #Art

In today's Rhapsodies, this is not the first time the Circle Band has been around for a zoo escape.
rhapsodies.wpmorse.com
#Rhapsodies
#comics
#comicstrip
#dailycomic
#comedy
#situationcomedy
#cornerstore
#Crocodilians
#zoo
#seattlecartoonist

Diverging trends in erythrocyte size elucidate cardiovascular evolution in stem #dinosaurs and #crocodilians #ProcB #Palaeobiology #Evolution royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Amateur size comp but still gets the point across. Also the shoe size is a 13, must’ve downsized for some reason lel.

A simple size comparison between an American Alligator Skull that once belonged to a 10ft+ animal. Along with the huge 1 meter skull of Barinasuchus arveloi, estimated at 5 to 6 meters in length! #crocodilians #sebecosuchian #alligator #sebecidae #barinasuchus #archosaurs

American Alligator Skull! 18 1/4 inches long.

Tomistoma/False Gharial Skull! 32 inches long.

Skulls of Big Living Suchians! American Alligator true bone skull. Tomistoma/False Gharial skull cast.
#crocodilians #alligator #tomistoma
#pseudosuchians

Abstract acceptance for an oral presentation at this year’s annual meeting of the society of vertebrate paleontology in Birmingham, UK.

Excited to present some of my new research since joining @openuniversity.bsky.social at this year’s meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology!

Stop by if you’re interested in the ecology & #macroevolution of #crocodilians in South America during the #Cenozoic 🐊

#2025SVP #Paleontology

Deinosuchus riograndensis

[ #paleoart | #crocodilians | #3Dart | #art ]

YES! This place needs far more #snakes and other #reptiles and there needs to be a SNAKES ONLY feed because the few reptile feeds here are mostly lizards and turtles...Which, #lizards and #turtles are great, don't get me wrong...But, we need more #snakes #cakes #coffee and #crocodilians

okay but, what if ..... crocodilian wooden pin badges ??? 👉👈

a gator, croc, and gharial ???

[ #merch #pinbadge #crocodilians #gharial #gator #wip ]

A successful World Croc Day doing outreach at the Museum of Natural History in the Dominican Republic!

#worldcrocday #crocodiles #crocodilians #herpetology

An angled-down image of a crocodilian in reddish-brown water. The gharial is partially submerged, only the head is above water. The body and limbs look much like other crocodilians, but the gharial's head is much different - the snout is very long and slender.

It's #WorldCrocDay? <rummages around in folders> How about the rare and protected Sunda Islands Gharial (Tomistoma schlegeli) from sw Borneo? Shot in situ from the deck of a little boat on the Sekonyer River. #herps #crocodilians #NaturePhotography 🌿

I'm a little torn on the level of cool in this photo. Maybe not great. But I'm not torn on the certainty that #crocodilians are perfect sweet creatures with just the right amount of bloodlust.

#vietnam #travelphotography #photogtaphy #photosky #crocodile #conservation #wildlife

The iris of most Alligators is dark brown with tiny flecks of gold streaks running through. Every so often these crocodilians will even have greenish or even blue eyes.
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#americanalligator #alligatorsofbluesky
#wildlifephotography
#crocodilians

A picture of a grumpy looking Black Caiman.

Tuesdays. Am I right?

If memory serves this is a Black Caiman. He looks grumpy. It’s Tuesday.

#caiman #Crocodilians

An alligator on a marshy bank from a distance, Ariel view.

A closer up view of an alligator on a bank.

Ariel view of an alligator on a bank, its legs are splayed out, it looks very relaxed.

One last Ariel view of the same alligator.

High quality Gator photography with my drone today. This Gator has the right idea on how to start the weekend early. #Alligator #Crocodilians

A Cuban crocodile

A more closeup shot of a Cuban crocodile, its mouth is open.

Cuban crocodile in the late afternoon sun. #Crocodiles #Crocodilians

A large male Nile Crocodile with his mouth open next to a smaller female with her mouth closed.

True Love, Nile Crocodile Style.

#Crocodiles #Crocodilians

Good to know! Thank you for the #science facts! Though I know a ton about snakes and a fair amount about other #reptiles like #turtles and #lizards and #crocodilians I'm not nearly as knowledgeable about #amphibians but they often share habitats with #snakes so I love #learning about them too.

Banner photo for WCS's Run for the Wild fundraiser event. It shows two gharials with open mouths on the bank of a waterway. The Text "Run for the Wild" is overlayed in white text.

I will be participating in the Wildlife Conservation Society's Run for the Wild 5k fundraiser! (well, walk for the wild in my case lol) The focus is on Gharials, very cool - and sadly very endangered - crocodilians with long, narrow snouts. Link in comments. :) #crocodilians #wildlifeconservation

Side view of the head and neck of a small crocodilian, facing left. The mouth is slightly open, showing a row of small, sharp teeth. There are large bony plates over the eye and the back of the head. The eye is large, with a copper colored iris and a thin, vertically elliptical pupil. Over colors are browns and grays.

Heading off to Peru for my 2nd and last rainforest tour in 2025. Be well y’all, take care and don’t let the bastards grind you down. Baby Smooth-fronted Caiman (Paleosuchus trigonatus), NE Peru. #herps #crocodilians #NaturePhotography 🌿