. The Canadian field-naturalist. 344 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 112 An Albino Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina, from Quebec Raymond A. Saumure^, and David Rodrigue^ iDepartment of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3V9, Canada ^Saint-Lawrence Valley Natural History Society, 21125 chemin Sainte-Marie, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3L2, Canada Saumure, Raymond A., and David Rodrigue. 1998. An albino Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina, from Quebec. Canadian Field-Naturalist 112(2): 344. A hatchling albino Snapping
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 344 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 112 An Albino Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina, from Quebec Raymond A. Saumure^, and David Rodrigue^ iDepartment of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3V9, Canada ^Saint-Lawrence Valley Natural History Society, 21125 chemin Sainte-Marie, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3L2, Canada Saumure, Raymond A., and David Rodrigue. 1998. An albino Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina, from Quebec. Canadian Field-Naturalist 112(2): 344. A hatchling albino Snapping Turtle {Chelydra serpentina) was captured in Terrasse-Vaudreuil on Ile-Perrot, Quebec. This is the first report of albinism in this species in Quebec. Key Words: Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina, albinism, Quebec. Hensley (1959) documented two cases of albinism for the Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina, one of which was from Canada and occurred near Windsor, Ontario. Judd (1971) reported another specimen from the vicinity of London, Ontario. Another speci- men was photographed in 1981 in Point Pelee National Park in Essex County, Ontario (Oldham, personal communication). Five additional records for the United States were summarized in Dyrkacz (1981). Recently, Williams and Norden (1992) reported a specimen from Maryland. Here, we describe an additional instance of albinism from a northern population of Snapping Turtles. On 14 September 1995, an albino hatchling Snapping Turtle (Figure 1) was collected as it exited from its nest, at approximately 16:00. Unfortunately, the clutch size and presence of other abnormally pig- mented turtles was not recorded. The nesting site. Figure 1. Albino hatchling Chelydra serpentina collected on Ile-Perrot, Quebec. Dark areas on posterior cara- pace are soil deposits (Photograph by D. Rodrigue on 24 September 1995). was located in Terrasse-Vaudreuil on the northern most tip of Ile-Perrot, Quebec (45°23'30"N, 73°58'00"W). The
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