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The diamondback terrapin or simply terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) is a species of terrapin native to the brackish coastal tidal marshes of the East Coast of the United States and the Gulf of Mexico coast, as well as in Bermuda. [6]
Many Asian species are threatened by over-collection of animals for sale in markets and into the pet trade. The North American species Clemmys muhlenbergii is listed as an Appendix II species by CITES and is considered threatened or endangered in many states. This status is the result of habitat degradation and over-collection.
Malaclemys terrapin - diamondback terrapin Malaclemys terrapin littoralis (Hay, 1904) – Texas diamondback terrapin; Malaclemys terrapin macrospilota (Hay, 1904) – ornate diamondback terrapin; Malaclemys terrapin pileata (Wied, 1865) – Mississippi diamondback terrapin; Malaclemys terrapin rhizophorarum Fowler, 1906 – mangrove diamondback ...
Painted terrapin, Batagur borneoensis, a testudine in the family Geoemydidae native to Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Red-eared slider, or red-eared terrapin, Trachemys scripta elegans, a subspecies of pond slider in the family Emydidae native to southern North America. It is a popular pet and an invasive species in many places.
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General American usage agrees; turtle is often a general term; tortoise is used only in reference to terrestrial turtles or, more narrowly, only those members of Testudinidae, the family of modern land tortoises; and terrapin may refer to turtles that are small and live in fresh and brackish water, in particular the diamondback terrapin ...
The diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) has a shell closely resembling the wood turtle's; however its skin is gray in color, and it inhabits coastal brackish and saltwater marshes. [10] The bog turtle and spotted turtle are also similar, but neither of these has the specific sculptured surface found on the carapace of the wood turtle.
Malaclemys McDowell, 1964 [4] Graptemys is a genus of freshwater turtles containing 14 species, commonly known as map turtles . [ 5 ] Graptemys are small to medium-sized turtles that are significantly sexually dimorphic , with females in some species attaining as much as twice the length and ten times the mass as males.