Rare White Alligator Hatches at Florida Reptile Park

An extremely rare white leucistic alligator has been born at Gatorland, a reptile park in Orlando, Florida. The female alligator, descended from a nest of leucistic alligators discovered in Louisiana in 1987, is the first solid white alligator ever recorded from those original alligators. Leucistic alligators are the rarest genetic variation in American alligators, and this newborn is considered extraordinary. The park is seeking public help in naming the alligator, and visitors will be able to see her and her normal-colored brother early next year.