Massive gator spotted taking a stroll in Sienna, the latest to be spotted in the Fort Bend County community

[cab67]

13. Often, yes.

Much depends on how much time has elapsed between sightings. They shed and replace teeth throughout their lives, so two different sightings of a gator of a particular size, missing a specific tooth in the maxilla (lower teeth are harder to assess unless the jaws are open), are likely to be of the same gator.

There may be other identifying features, e.g. healed wounds on the snout, missing scales (esp. the larger ones along the top of the tail).

It would also be highly unlikely to see more than one large gator far from water.