 |
| approximate
range |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Original
Description |
Schoepff 1793 : 64 |
|
Type
Locality |
"Habitat in America septentrionali...in foris Philadelphiae, ... in aquis subdulcibus Insulae Longae capto, ..."; restricted by Schmidt (1953:95) to "coastal waters of Long Island" [New York, USA] |
|
Holotype |
Not designated |
|
Original name |
Testudo terrapin |
|
Common
name |
Diamondback Terrapin |
|
Distribution |
Along the coast of the USA from Massachusetts to southern Texas |
|
Comments |
References to this species in Mexico are erroneous, according to Smith and Smith (1979:524). Reviewed by Ernst and Bury (1982). |
|
