Name: AHB Scene Series – Chinese Alligator – Alligator sinensis | Diorama
Brand: Animal Heavenly Body
SKU: AHB-DIO-03
Price: 110.00 USD
Availability: InStock

AHB Scene Series – Chinese Alligator – Alligator sinensis | Diorama

$110.00

The Chinese Alligator — the critically endangered small alligator of the Yangtze — floating eyes-up beneath a clear water surface while a black-crowned night heron keeps watch from a post above.

Approx. Size: Size to be confirmed
Material: Hand-painted resin
Line: Scene Series
Current stock includes the night heron — while supplies last (future restocks may not include it).

Only 1 left in stock

Animal Heavenly Body

Scene Series

Chinese Alligator

Alligator sinensis

The Chinese Alligator — the critically endangered small alligator of the Yangtze — floating eyes-up beneath a clear water surface while a black-crowned night heron keeps watch from a post above.

THE OTHER ALLIGATOR · the Yangtze’s rarest reptile

RangeLower Yangtze, eastern China (mainly Anhui)

HabitatPonds, marshes & slow waters

Length~5–7 ft (1.5–2.1 m)

SignatureBony armor even on its belly

DietSnails, fish & other small animals

StatusCritically Endangered (IUCN)

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Hand-Painted Detail

Every scale, feather and marking is painted by hand to match the real animal — so detailed up close, so charming on the shelf.

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Ready to Display

A single, sturdy piece — no assembly, no fuss. Set it on a desk or shelf and it holds its pose, ready to collect and show off.

Only two alligator species survive on Earth — one in the American South, and this one in eastern China. This scene shows the Chinese alligator the way you’d most likely meet it: just eyes and nostrils above a glassy water surface, legs dangling among old wooden posts, while a black-crowned night heron perches overhead.

The Other Alligator

The Chinese and American alligators are the only two living members of the genus Alligator. The Chinese species is the smaller one, and some writers think it helped inspire legends of the Chinese dragon.

Above and Below the Water

The clear disc is the water’s surface. Above it you see only eyes and snout; below it the whole body hangs in the ‘water’ — a cutaway view of how crocodilians lurk.

A Patient Neighbor

The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) stands motionless at the water’s edge and hunts mostly at dusk and night — a natural roommate for an alligator pond. Tiny silver fish dart around the posts below.

Back From the Brink

By 1999 only about 130–150 were left in the wild. Captive breeding and releases have helped, but it is still listed as Critically Endangered.

“Eyes above, a whole alligator below.”

Craft & Specifications

Line	Scene Series, by Animal Heavenly Body
Approx. Size	Size to be confirmed
Material	Hand-painted resin
Display	Single figure — ready to display out of the box
SKU	AHB-DIO-03