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The little gator has Leucism, a condition that causes all-white coloring. Gatorland, the park where she was born, is searching for a suitable name.
An extremely rare white leucistic alligator has been born at a Florida reptile park. Gatorland Orlando said Thursday that the 19.2-inch female slithered out of its shell and into the history books as one of only seven known leucistic alligators, three of which are at the park. The park is asking for the public’s help in the naming the blue-eyed alligator, which is descended from a nest of leucistic alligators discovered in the swamps of Louisiana in 1987. Leucistic alligators are the rarest genetic variation in the American alligator. They differ from albino alligators, which have pink e...
An extremely rare white leucistic alligator has been born at a Florida reptile park. Gatorland Orlando said Thursday that the 19.2-inch female slithered out of its shell and into the history books as one of only seven known leucistic alligators, three of which are at the park. The park is asking for the public’s help in the naming the blue-eyed alligator, which is descended from a nest of leucistic alligators discovered in the swamps of Louisiana in 1987. Leucistic alligators are the rarest genetic variation in the American alligator. They differ from albino alligators, which have pink e...
An extremely rare white leucistic alligator has been born at a Florida reptile park. Gatorland Orlando said Thursday that the 19.2-inch female slithered out of its shell and into the history books as one of only seven known leucistic alligators, three of which are at the park. The park is asking for the public’s help in the naming the blue-eyed alligator, which is descended from a nest of leucistic alligators discovered in the swamps of Louisiana in 1987. Leucistic alligators are the rarest genetic variation in the American alligator. They differ from albino alligators, which have pink e...
A blue-eyed reptile slithered out of its shell and into the history books as one of the extremely rare births of a white-skinned, leucistic alligator. There are only seven of its kind in the world, with three of them located at Gatorland Orlando. Leucistic alligators are the rarest genetic variation in the American alligator species. “This is beyond rare. It is absolutely extraordinary,” Mark McHugh, president and CEO of Gatorland, said in a statement. Gatorland is asking for help from the public in naming the reptile, which is descended from a nest of leucistic alligators found in the swa...