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Malaclemys terrapin (diamondback terrapin)
Taxonomy
Testudo terrapin was named by Schoepff (1793). It is extant.
It was recombined as Malaclemys terrapin by Simoes and Chambers (1999), Parham et al. (2008) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
It was recombined as Malaclemys terrapin by Simoes and Chambers (1999), Parham et al. (2008) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1793 | Testudo terrapin Schoepff |
1999 | Malaclemys terrapin Simoes and Chambers p. 241 |
2008 | Malaclemys terrapin Parham et al. |
2014 | Malaclemys terrapin van Dijk et al. |
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Malaclemys terrapin Schoepff 1793 [diamondback terrapin]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available