Studies on the relationship between the egg laying and climate of Chinese Alligator sinensis

This paper reports the relations between the chinese Alligator^s reproductive capacity and climate of ecological niche in the condition of artificial breeding. The result of five years^ studies was shown: Chinese Auigator^s eggs laying periods were usually on the 1st-20th of July. In this period, the average minimum temperaure was 25.9℃ and the average maximum temperature was 28.6℃; The precipitations were 67.3-81.4mm. But when the climate was anomalously, Chinese Auigator^s egg laying period and its clutches were affected.