| Diamondback terrapin | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Genus: | Malaclemys Gray, 1844[3] |
| Species: | M. terrapin
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| Binomial name | |
| Malaclemys terrapin | |
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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] 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.[7]
The name "terrapin" is derived from the Algonquian word torope.[8] It applies to Malaclemys terrapin in both British English and American English. The name originally was used by early European settlers in North America to describe these brackish-water turtles that inhabited neither freshwater habitats nor the sea. It retains this primary meaning in American English.[8] In British English, however, other semi-aquatic turtle species, such as the red-eared slider, might also be called terrapins.[citation needed]
- ^ Roosenburg, W.M.; Baker, P.J.; Burke, R.; Dorcas, M.E.; Wood, R.C. (2019). "Malaclemys terrapin". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T12695A507698. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T12695A507698.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 190–192. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895.
- ^ Parham, J.F.; Outerbridge, Monika. E.; Stuart, B.L.; Wingate, D.B.; Erlenkeuser, H.; Papenfuss, T.J. (2008). "Introduced delicacy or native species? A natural origin of Bermudian terrapins supported by fossil and genetic data". Biol. Lett. 4 (2): 216–219. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2007.0599. PMC 2429930. PMID 18270164.
- ^ Seigel, Richard A. (1980). "Nesting Habits of Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) on the Atlantic Coast of Florida". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 83 (4): 239–246. doi:10.2307/3628414. JSTOR 3628414.
- ^ a b "Dictionary by Merriam-Webster: America's most-trusted online dictionary". Merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 30 January 2022.