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SIAM ALLIGATOR?
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by ian on December 28, 2002
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http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/12/27/offbeat.tigers.zoo.reut/index.html
What is a siam alligatot as referred to in this article from cnn. Possibly a Siamese crocodile but the picture almost looks like an American alligator.
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by Snakeskin on December 29, 2002
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Probably a Chinese alligator (alligator sinensis), looks exactly like the American one, only smaller (upto 1.8 meters in length
Bye,
Peter
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by ian on December 30, 2002
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Don't think I didn't think about that, but the fact that they are one of
the rarest crocodilians on Earth, I doubt they would be importing 2000 of
them from Thailand for tourist to eat.
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by KDAPReptiles on December 30, 2002
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Siam is the old name of a country in southeast
Asia, and the picture shown in the article was an American alligtor. So I'm just guessing they have alligators there in the Siam Zoo. Also, beingthere are only prox. 700 individuals of China gators there are many more in captivity...
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Chinese Alligator/Siamese Crocodile/American Allig
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by Buzztail1 on December 30, 2002
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Siam is currently known as Thailand.
In Thailand there is a crocodilian farm that breeds all crocodilian species (featured on National Geographic TV shows). It is very possible that the pictured animal is an American Alligator which was bought from the Croc Farm in Thailand.
There is a Chinese Alligator which is very rare and there is a Siamese Crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) which is also very rare.
There is a very short piece on the Siamese Crocodile (and Brady Barr) in January's National Geographic.
Karl H. Betz
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by Snakeskin on December 31, 2002
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I didn't follow the link, and answered by the fact that an american alligator was shown, it probably is a
siamese crocodile
Peter
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