Diamondback Terrapin
Malaclemys terrapin
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 7,935
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
Description
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. It belongs to the monotypic genus Malaclemys. It has one of the largest ranges of all turtles in North America, stretching as far south as the Florida Keys and as far north as Cape Cod.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Diamondback terrapin”.