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The name "terrapin" is derived from torope, a word in an Algonquian language [1] that referred to the species Malaclemys terrapin (the Diamondback terrapin). It appears that the term became part of common usage during the colonial era of North America and was carried back to Great Britain.
Aditi (given name) Aishwarya; Akhila; Ambika (given name) Ami (given name) Amita; Amrita; Ananya; Anasuya (given name) Anjali; Anju (given name) Ankita; Anoushka (given name) Anu (name) Anupama (given name) Anuradha (name) Anushree; Aparna; Apoorva (given name) Arpita; Arti (given name) Arundhati (given name)
The name "terrapin" is derived from the Algonquian word torope. [8] It applies to Malaclemys terrapin in both British English and American English . The name originally was used by early European settlers in North America to describe these brackish-water turtles that inhabited neither freshwater habitats nor the sea.
Pelomedusa galeata, commonly known as the South African helmeted terrapin and the cape terrapin, is a species of side-necked terrapin in the family Pelomedusidae. It is endemic to South Africa, Eswatini and southern Mozambique.
Despite its name, the color of its upper shell or carapace can vary from reddish to dark brown and black with yellow streaks running along its length. The underside or plastron is uniformly brown in color. The face of this turtle may have yellow or orange marks and spots, with color varying between subspecies.
Balkan terrapin emerging from a river Mauremys rivulata are fairly large, with carapace lengths up to 25 cm (9.8 in); hatchling turtles of this species are usually between 3 and 4 centimetres (1.2 and 1.6 in) in length. [ 5 ]
The Southern River Terrapin derives its common name from its native range of Peninsular Malaysia, located in the southern half of Malaysia. Locals in Malaysia colloquially refer to the species as "tuntung" due to repetitive sounds made from the terrapin's plastron packing sand during nest construction.
The northern river terrapin is one of Asia's largest freshwater and brackwater turtles, reaching a carapace length of up to 60 cm and a maximum weight of 18 kg. [4] Its carapace is moderately depressed, with a vertebral keel in juveniles. The plastron is large, strongly angulate laterally in the young, convex in the adult. The head is rather ...