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Chelonia Mydas
About 45cm large, 2 years old, white skin with brown pattern on the shield. Leucism is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation.
Spotted at Kosgoda sea turtle conservation project
This rare exemplar has born on the sea conservation center, they keep it on the center as well as other turtles that have very low possibilities to success in the wild.
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Thanks Matthew, a terrible photo made by my phone but a very cool turtle
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Thanks Albert, I think you are right at the center they have both kind of turtles (green & Hawk), at this moment they just have 1 albino but they had almost 4 of them, the Hawk seems to have a simetrical pattern and also a "Hawk" peak like
This looks more like a Green Turtle - Chelonia mydas and I have also seen other Spotting listing it as Green Turtle from the same location.