🦎
American alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
🐍
Snakes
Serpentes
Reptiles
average across the group
One clip names both of them
26 views between them.
American alligator outweighs Snakes 1.9× — 150 kg against 77.5 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
150 kg
🦎 American alligator · AnAge
77 kg
🐍 Snakes · group average
Body length
4.6 m
🦎 American alligator · ReptTraits
3.9 m
🐍 Snakes · group average
Maximum lifespan
77 yr
🦎 American alligator · AnAge
27 yr
🐍 Snakes · group average
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Sauria (order), home to 32,042 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.