American Alligator
ZA at Tek (https://zootekphoenix.com/forums/files/file/6133-american-alligator-by-james-clark/)
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Creator: James Clark
Keywords: Real Animals, reptiles
Originally released: November 2001
Later released: Jul 14th 03 at Zoo Admin
Current amerigator.ztd date: 23 Nov 2025
Updated: November 23, 2025 by Jay to link to ZT's crocodile animations and sounds instead of using copies, to remove an unnecessary space in the animal info, to add configuration to allow it in freshwater tanks, to change the preferred object icon to match its preferred object of Water Lily, to show the preferred object tooltip for females and young, to have the animal not dislike more of its kind, to have it also like Water Reed and Tank Filter, to play sounds when it is picked up and put down, to have it play sounds at times when it doesn't but should, to increase the opportunities for ZT to see if it was hit by a tranquilizer dart, to have it not use land animations in certain cases when it is on water terrain, and to remove unnecessary files and configuration lines.
Zip size: 19.9 KB
Compatibility: All Game Versions
Description: The American alligator is the largest reptile in North America. The range of the American alligator includes all of the land along the banks of the Gulf of Mexico. They live primarily in swamps and marshes, but also in rivers, lakes, and smaller bodies of water. They can tolerate a reasonable degree of salinity, being occasionally found in brackish water around mangrove swamps, although they lack the buccal salt-secreting glands present in crocodiles.
(http://www.ztcdd.org/DD/ZAScreens/animals/AmericanAlligator_JamesClark.jpg)
Additional info:
amerigator.zip: amerigator.ztd (23 Nov 2025): 8b342026.uca (23 Nov 2025)
Results From Configuration Checking (2022-10-29 checker version):
8b342026.uca date: Sun Nov 23 07:15:08 2025
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Animal Type: 8B342026
American Alligator
American alligators live primarily in swamps and marshes, but also in rivers,
lakes and smaller bodies of water. They can tolerate a reasonable degree of
salinity, being occasionally found in brackish water around mangrove swamps,
although they lack the buccal salt-secreting glands present in crocodiles. In
the wild, construction of burrows is well documented in this species. The
burrows are used when the seasonal temperatures fall. Even outside their
burrows, they can tolerate limited periods of freezing conditions. They modify
their habitat through the creation of 'alligator holes', which provide a
refuge for other animals during dry periods. These are excavated using both
snout and tail. Once these dry out, however, the alligator crosses land in
order to find another body of water.
Animal Characteristics:
Habitat: Aquatic; Location: Eastern USA
Cost: 1000; Crowd number: 25
ZT Family: Crocodile; ZT Genus: Crocodile
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 95
Animal can swim in water terrain.
Animal can swim in tanks.
Exhibit Preferences:
Foliage:
Water Lily, Water Reed
Rocks:
Large Rock, Small Rock, Medium Rock
Other specifically liked objects:
Tank Filter (MM)
Exhibit Construction:
Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 1-6 with 20 squares for each adult
Exhibit size (for 2 adults): 40 grid squares
Terrain (for exhibit with 40 grid squares):
27 Fresh Water, 2 Grass, 4 Sand, 7 Dirt
Foliage (for exhibit with 40 grid squares):
5 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Water Reed
Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
if each of the 5 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.
Rocks (for exhibit with 40 grid squares):
3 Small Rock, which is its most liked rock