What is Terrapin?

Terrapin is a type of turtle belonging to the Emydidae family, which lives in bracket or fresh water. Bracky water has a higher salt content than fresh water, but lower concentrations than seawater. Turtle Terrapin is often compared with a sea turtle - although it does not belong to the same family - because of its web feet and relatively thin shells.

The term terrapin usually refers to diamond therapin, although sometimes in British English it is sometimes used to describe any diversity of turtle. There are seven subspecies: Carolina Diamondback ( Malaclemes Terrapin Centrata ), Texas Diamondback ( Malaclemys Terrapin Littoralis ), North Atlantic Diamondback ( Malaclemy terrapin ) ), Mississippi Diamondback ( Malaclemes Terrapin Pileata ), Mangrove Diamond Back ( Malaclemes Terrapin Rhizophorum ), Coast Florida Diamondback ( Malaclemys Terrapin Tequesta ) and Northern Diamond Back ( MalaclYS Terrapin Terrapin ).

Terrapin under the backed -up diamond can be found in the environment of mangrove or salt marshes in the eastern half of the United States. This turtle is unlike others in that it tolerates and even prefers brackish water. However, it cannot tolerate polluted water that has proved to be a threat in many habitats. Coloring and concrete marking of each turtle differ between subspecies and depending on the age of the turtle, but generally have a medium size with a diamond or trapezoid on their best shells. It feeds on various things, depending on the region and subspecies, from the tree barenacle, to the molluscs, to the worm.

women grow to about 7.5 inches (19.1 cm), which is much larger than men who grow only about 5 inches (12.7 cm). As a result, they are sexually dimorphic, which means that they show consistent differences sexually based. Men reach sexual maturity in the age of about twoor three years, while women achieve sexual maturity in six or seven. After mating with an adult male at the beginning of spring, an adult woman usually puts on a dozen eggs in sand or soft soil in early summer. This turtle and its eggs have several natural predators, including raccoons, crows and skunks. In particular, the raccoons were the cause of the high mortality of Terrapin. However, people have also been a dangerous predator in the past.

Although they are not federally mentioned as an endangered species, many states refer to Terrapin as a kind of concern. In the 18th and early 20th century it was popular food and were exhausted because of excessive hunting. Given their superior size, women suffered especially American madness for Terrapin goulash. The turtle soup fell out of kindness during a ban on the ban, when prices increased and alcohol, the main component in the stew that was no longer available. Since then, the population has risen, but is still fragile.