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Diamondback terrapin

The diamondback terrapin or simply 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... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Malaclemys terrapin
Water type: brackish water
Class: Reptilia
Domain: Eukaryota
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Malaclemys; Gray, 1844
Kingdom: Animalia