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Diamond back terrapin. Length 7.5 inch female 5 inch male. Weight 1.5ibs female 0.5ibs male. Lifespan 25 to 40 years. Diet staples, fish, snails, worms, clams, crabs and marsh fish.
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Diet staples, fish, snails, worms, clams, crabs and marsh fish
Rang the diamond back terrapin is found along the Atlantic coast of the eastern united states from cape cod to the florid keys and west along the gulf coast to texas.
Behavior the diamond back terrapin is be to be to be the only turtle in the world that lives exclusively in brake fish water congaing some salt, but not as much as ocean water ,habit like tidal marshes estrus and lagoons. Most terrapins hibernate during the winter by burrowing into the mud of marshes. Although diamond back terrapins live in tidal bashes , estrus and lagoons, their preferred nesting sites and sandy beeches