#1653 · 🦎 reptiles

Diamondback Terrapin

🇳🇱 Diamantrugschildpad ·Malaclemys terrapin

VUvulnerable 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © John C. · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Simon Tonge · CC0
3. © Janet Wright · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Edward Perry IV · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Texas, US:© Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Florida, US:© Kaylyn Pearce · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © crotrox · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © evangrimes · CC BY 4.0
9. South Carolina, US:© J.D. Willson · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Florida, US:© Scott Allen Davis · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The diamondback terrapin ( Malaclemys terrapin ) or simply terrapin , is a species of turtle native to the brackish coastal tidal marshes of the eastern and southern United States, and 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.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 16,950iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
16,950 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann David Schoepff in 1793 (233 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.