🦎Diamondback terrapin
鑽紋龜（學名：Malaclemys terrapin），又名菱斑龜、金剛背泥龜，泽龟科鸡龟亚科鑽紋龜屬下的唯一一種物種，原生於美國東部及南部臨汽水海域的沼澤。 種加詞“terrapin”是來源於阿爾岡昆語族的torope。“Terrapin”在英式英語和美式英語都用於表示Malaclemys terrapin的簡稱。這種用法源於早期北美的歐洲殖民者描述這種汽水水域的龜，因為這種龜既不棲息於淡水水域，也不見於海中。現在美語中仍舊保存這種用法，僅指鑽紋龜，但在英式英語中terrapin也可指代其他半水生的龜，如紅耳龜。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- Body mass
- 0.72 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 40 years
Everything we know about the Diamondback terrapin
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.72 kgrecord 1.6 kg · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: low
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Maximum lifespan40 yearsmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0
Gestation84 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: low
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Litter sizeabout 9AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: low
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
DietOmnivorousReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0
Activity cycleDiurnalReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Foraging modeACTReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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VenomousNoReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Snout–vent length0.19 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0
By sex
- Female0.19 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
- Male0.13 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
Volume l0.7 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Diamondback terrapin yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classTestudines
- ›familyEmydidae
- ›genusMalaclemys
- ›speciesMalaclemys terrapin
- orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
- superfamilyTestudinoidea
- familyEmydidae
- genusMalaclemys
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
- suborderCryptodira
- superfamilyTestudinoidea
- familyEmydidae
- genusMalaclemys
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