Source: Xinhua
04-20-2009 11:43
Special Report: Tech MaxHEFEI, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The number of wild Yangtze alligators, one of China's more endangered species, is expected to reach 300 from the current 120 in the next five to 10 years, an expert said Sunday.
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| Yangtze alligators, one of China's more endangered species(File photo) |
Field research showed the wild alligators are living and breeding in a wider area than in 2005, said Wang Chaolin, deputy director of the Chinese Alligators Protection Nature Reserve in east China's Anhui Province.
He led a team to conduct a survey on the rare species in 2007 in the nature reserve.
"We have for the first time found wild baby alligators. Normally their survival rate is only two percent," he said. "The finding of the infants indicates the number of the species is increasing."
