Chinese alligator

The Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) is a small alligatorid, 1.5–2.1 m in total length and 36–45 kg in weight, with a short broad snout and bony scutes over back and belly. Endemic to China, it survives only in fragmented wetlands of the lower Yangtze in Anhui and Zhejiang, where it digs burrows into banks and hibernates. Fish, molluscs, crustaceans, frogs and small vertebrates are eaten. The IUCN lists it Critically Endangered; a 2015 survey found 136–173 animals, including 68–86 adults, while captive stock exceeded 20,000 in 2016.