<Li> † Alligator olseni </Li> <Li> † Alligator prenasalis </Li> <P> Alligators are native to only the United States and China . </P> <P> American alligators are found in the southeast United States: all of Florida and Louisiana; the southern parts of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi; coastal South and North Carolina; East Texas, the southeast corner of Oklahoma, and the southern tip of Arkansas . According to the 2005 Scholastic Book of World Records, Louisiana has the largest alligator population . The majority of American alligators inhabit Florida and Louisiana, with over a million alligators in each state . Southern Florida is the only place where both alligators and crocodiles live side by side . </P>

Where can alligators be found in the world