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Basic information
Malaclemys terrapin
Diamond-backed Terrapin
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderTerrapins
FamilyPond and Box Turtles
GenusDiamondback Terrapins
- Czech name
- Želva diamantová
- English name
- Diamond-backed Terrapin
- Alternative names
- Carolina Diamondback Terrapin, Diamantschildkröten, Diamondback Terrapin, Diamondback Turtle, Florida East Coast Terrapin, Littoralis:Texas Diamondback Terrapin, Mangrove Diamondback Terrapin, Mississippi Diamondback Terrapin, Northern Diamondback Terrapin, Ornate Diamondback Terrapin, Salt Marsh Turtle, Terrapin
- Synonyms
- Emys concentrica var. livida, Emys macrocephalus, Emys pileata, Malaclemmys littoralis rhizophorarum, Malaclemmys macrospilota, Malaclemys littoralis, Malaclemys terrapin centrata, Malaclemys tuberculifera, Testudo centrata, Testudo concentrica, Testudo concentrica var. polita, Testudo ocellata, Testudo terrapin
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Bay, Beach, Brackish water, Building, City, Coastal, Freshwater, Marine, Marsh
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Ground, Mud
Size and appearance
- Carapace length
- max 190 mm
- Body mass
- max 1,599 g
- Hatchling mass
- max 8.4 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 40 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Foraging mode
- Active
- Body temperature
- ~24 °C
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 4–22 individuals
- Clutches per year
- ~3 × per year
- Sex determination
- Temperature-dependent sex determination
- Egg length
- ~29 mm
- Egg width
- ~21 mm
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 3XKD4 · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4