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8 interesting facts about diamondback terrapins | 台北市立動物園資訊網

8 interesting facts about diamondback terrapins

Diamondbackterrapins,Malaclemysterrapin,istheonlyspeciesinitsgenusandbelongstotheEmydidaefamily,whichincludes50speciesin10genera.

 8 interesting facts about diamondback terrapins

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What are diamondback terrapins?

While turtles typically live in fresh or marine waters and tortoises live on dry land, terrapins live in the brackish waters of wetlands and coastal environments.

They are able to deal with the salt in the water because they have salt glands near their eyes that flush out extra salt in their bodies, similar to sea turtles.

Diamondback terrapins, Malaclemys terrapin, is the only species in its genus and belongs to the Emydidae family, which includes 50 species in 10 genera.

Diamondback terrapin at Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. © Christina Mohrmann/Grand Bay NERR, via Wikimedia

There are 7 subspecies of diamondback terrapins:

northern, M.t.terrapin Carolina, M.t.centrata Texas, M.t.littoralis ornate, M.t.macrospilota Missi...

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Diamondback terrapin | 台北市立動物園資訊網
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