Reference and Acknowledgements

Reese, A. M. 1915. The alligator and its allies. Arment Biological Press, Landisville, PA.

Florida Museum  of Natural History:  http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/brittoncrocs/csp_amis.htm

E-Nature Field Guides:  http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?shapeID=1058&curGroupID=7&lgfromWhere=&curPageNum=3

University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology:       http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Alligator_mississippiensis.html

Thank you,

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (for donating the alligator to Murray State University as a study specimen)

Dr. Terry Derting  (for advice and use of her lab for creating my masterpiece)

Keith and Cindy Yates (providing the wood and planar to make the base look professional)

Velma Smith and Smith's Taxidermy  (providing advice and magnesium carbonate for whitening the bones without harming them)

Kim and Mike Bullock  (providing tools and space to complete my masterpiece)

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