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)
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- 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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