The family contains 8 contemporary species arranges in four genera and two subfamilies. The true alligators (Alligatorinae; 1 genera and 2 species) occur in the southeastern United States and eastern China; the caimans (Caimaninae; 3 genera and 6 species) are found in the Neotropics, from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.

Alligatorinae
		American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Caimaninae
		Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
		Broad-snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris)
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