EMYSystem Text Only Genus Page: Malaclemys


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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Deirochelyinae ()
genus...............Malaclemys (Diamondback Terrapins)
species
species list
M. terrapin (Diamondback Terrapin)
Original Description
Gray 1844 : 28
Common Name
Diamondback Terrapins
Distribution
As for the single species
Comments
Reviewed by Dobie (1981) and Ernst and Bury (1982).
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