2006-08-19 14:46:32 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
alligators live in freshwater only. crocodiles live in salt water and freshwater, there is different types. to tell a crocodile apart, look at their snouts. an alligators snout is much wider, and there eyes are kind of on the top of his head. crocodiles snouts are thiner, and there eyes are on the sides of there head. i know you didnt ask that but i felt like telling you.
2006-08-19 14:55:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most live in fresh water but some are classified as salt water alligators.
2006-08-20 11:45:35 · answer #2 · answered by Reptile lover 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They live in fresh water but can wander to brackish which leads to salt water. It is very rare to find one in salt water here in Florida but occasionally they go astray. You don't have to worry about them at the beach however, if one ever showed up there the alligator trappers would get them immediately
2006-08-19 15:16:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,,, the ones in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida , Georgia ,, pretty much are fresh water,,,,, now i have read something about an American Crocadile???? dont know if it is true, or not,, they might could be both.. salt and fresh water????
Oh, and the water even though it is called fresh,, is nasty brackish type......for the most part....
good luck
2006-08-19 14:54:11 · answer #4 · answered by eejonesaux 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alligators can and will live in fresh and brackish waters,they will go into salt water,but for only couple of days after awhile it starts to dehydrate them and you can't drink salt water,they use the salt water and marshes mainly to move from area to area,and they will feed in salt water areas.I am a liscened trapper in S.C. bordered to Ga. and have trapped them for over 20 years.
2006-08-20 02:20:37 · answer #5 · answered by tom l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fresh, though they can enter salt for short periods of time. Crocs are the ones that can handle either for extended periods as they have a salt gland.
2006-08-19 18:09:37 · answer #6 · answered by snake_girl85 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they live in both but there are more types of freshwater than salt water alligators ... ( same thing for crocs )
2006-08-20 15:53:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know they live in fresh water but they might live in salt water also
2006-08-19 14:52:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Alley-gators live in fresh water; some types of crock-o'-dials live in salt water.
2006-08-19 14:55:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
both.. depends if it is a freshwater or salt water alligator
2006-08-19 14:53:17 · answer #10 · answered by Alex 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋