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La tartaruga dal dorso di diamante (Malaclemys terrapin (Schoepff, 1793), anche nota come tartaruga guscio di diamante o terrapin, è una specie di tartaruga acquatica originaria delle paludi salmastre costiere del nordest e del sud degli Stati Uniti d'America e delle Bermuda.
The diamondback terrapin or simply terrapin ( Malaclemys 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. [6] It belongs to the monotypic genus Malaclemys.
Malaclemys terrapin. Type: Reptiles. Diet: Carnivore. Average Life Span In The Wild: 40 years. Size: Males 5.5 inches; females, 11 inches. IUCN Red List Status: ? Vulnerable. LC. NT. VU. EN....
Classificazione Sottordine Cryptodira Superfamiglia Testudinoidea Famiglia Emydidae Sottofamiglia Deirochelyinae Genere Malaclemys Specie Malaclemys terrapin Sottospecie M. t. centrata Tartaruga dal dorso di diamante della Carolina M.t.littoralis Tartaruga dal dorso di diamante del Texas M. t. macrospilota Tartaruga dal dorso di diamante ornata M. t. pileata Tartaruga dal dorso di diamante del ...
Malaclemys terrapin is the only diamondback terrapin to occur in Texas (Carr 1952). Other Physical Features; ectothermic; bilateral symmetry; Average mass 720 g 25.37 oz AnAge; Average basal metabolic rate 0.140702 W AnAge; Reproduction. While all turtles reproduce by eggs, the genus Malaclemys usually does not
Species Profile. Animated Map. Mary Hollinger - NOAA (commons.wikimedia.org) Malaclemys terrapin (Schoepff, 1793) Common name: Diamond-backed Terrapin. Taxonomy: available through. Native Range: Along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts from Texas to Florida and north to Massachusetts (Ernst et al., 1994). Alaska.
Terrapin, (Malaclemys terrapin), a term formerly used to refer to any aquatic turtle but now restricted largely, though not exclusively, to the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) of the turtle family Emydidae. Until the last third of the 20th century, the word terrapin was used commonly in.
