White alligator of Louisiana

Behold one of the last pigmentless alligators left on this world.

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Ludo Sak

Lion

Leucistic alligators have an extremely rare genetic condition that reduces the colour pigmentation in their skin to zero ,in contradiction to albino only lacking the melanin pigment. The story goes that leucistics have blue eyes. I'm sorry to say I did not find out first hand.

Unfortunately these animals cannot survive on their own as they tend to stand out a bit more than their slightly more camouflaged brothers in arms. Ahum, so they have this invisible sign that says 'I am over here, why don't you have a bite..'
Hey, and this is one of them. You'd think it was a fake. I was lucky to see one of these beauties in 'La Ferme au Crocodiles' in the south of France. And he's one of 12 to survive on this planet.

Shot with snapshot camera, yet it was an honour. Posted 11 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Truly unique and a wonderful story, Ludo, thanks for sharing it! Promoted to homepage. Posted 11 years ago

Sunil R Agadi

Lion

Very unique, Never thought like this one could also exist on earth. Posted 9 years ago
1. Ludo Sak
  
  Lion
  
  I spotted one by accident, though I was indeed visiting an aligator farm, quite unique by itself too. Wow, amazing these genetic abborations are indeed. So few in this precious world of ours. Posted 9 years ago

The American Alligator

The American alligator, sometimes referred to colloquially as a gator, is a reptile endemic only to the Southeastern United States. It is one of the two living species of alligator, in the genus "Alligator", within the family "Alligatoridae". It is larger than the other extant alligator species, the Chinese alligator.

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Similar species: Crocodilia

Species identified by Ludo Sak