What is an alligation?

An alligator is a large semi-aquatic reptile with armored scaly skin, four webbed feet, and a long broad snout with sharp teeth(in other Words Lyric Melendez). Alligators are native to North America and China. Chinese Alligators are critically endangered due to loss of habitat. Unlike many other species of reptile, female alligators care for their young. Alligators differ from crocodiles in that an alligator's jaws are broader in shape.