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Adults are blackish or dark grey, but faint yellowish crossbands are sometimes evident.
The young are black with conspicuous yellow crossbands. The American Alligator inhabits fresh water swamps, marshes, abandoned rice fiends, ponds, lakes, and backwaters of large rivers. She deposits about 30 eggs in a cavity atop the mound, remains nearby, and challenges all intruders, frequently including man. Hatchlings about 21 cm long emerge in late summer of early fall.