Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Emydidae Bibliography of the genus Malaclemys Biodiversity of the family Emydidae Genus Malaclemys Diamondback Terrapin Diamantschildkröte Knopskildpadde 1844 Malaclemys Gray (type species: Testudo concentrica Shaw 1802) 1857 Malacoclemmys Agassiz [substitute name for Malaclemys Gray 1840] (syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) 1906 Malaclemmys Fowler [substitute name for Malaclemys Gray 1840] (syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) Contents: 1 species, which is endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Malaclemys terrapin Diamondback Terrapin Diamantschildkröte Knopskildpadde 1793 Testudo terrapin Schoepff Emys terrapin Holbrook 1842 Clemmys terrapin Strauch 1862 Malacoclemmys terrapen [sic] Boulenger 1889 Malaclemys terrapin Bangs 1896 1801 Testudo centrata Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille Emys centrata Schweigger 1812 Clemmys centrata Fitzinger 1835 Malaclemmys centrata Loennberg 1894 Malaclemmys terrapin centrata Mittleman 1944 1802 Testudo concentrica Shaw (Fritz & Havas 2006) Testudo concentrata [lapsus] Kuhl 1820 Emys concentrica Gray in Griffith 1831 Malaclemys concentrica Gray 1844 Malaclemmys centrata concentrica Hay 1904 Malaclemys terrapin concentrica Lindholm 1929 1807 Testudo ocellata Link (Fritz & Havas 2006) 1831 Emys concentrica var. livida Gray (Fritz & Havas 2006) 1831 Testudo concentrica var. polita Gray (Fritz & Havas 2006) 1844 Emys macrocephalus Gray [not Emys macrocephala Spix 1824] (Fritz & Havas 2006) 1844 Malaclemys tuberculifera Gray (nomen oblitum) (Fritz & Havas 2006) 1865 Emys pileata Wied Malaclemmys pileata Hay 1904 Malaclemys centrata pileata Siebenrock 1909 Malaclemys pileata pileata Stejneger & Barbour 1917 Malaclemys terrapin pileata Lindholm 1929 1904 Malaclemmys littoralis Hay Malaclemys centrata littoralis Siebenrock 1909 Malaclemys pileata littoralis Stejneger & Barbour 1917 Malaclemys terrapin littoralis Lindholm 1929 1904 Malaclemmys macrospilota Hay Malaclemys centrata macrospilota Siebenrock 1909 Malaclemys pileata macrospilota Stejneger & Barbour 1917 Malaclemys terrapin macrospilota Lindholm 1929 1906 Malaclemmys littoralis rhizophorarum Fowler Malaclemmys terrapin rhizophorarum Carr 1946 1955 Malaclemys terrapin tequesta Schwartz Other common names: centrata: Carolina Diamondback Terrapin littoralis: Texas Diamondback Terrapin macrospilota: Ornate Diamondback Terrapin pileata: Mississippi Diamondback Terrapin rhizophorarum: Mangrove Diamondback Terrapin tequesta: Eastern Florida Diamondback Terrapin, Florida Diamondback Terrapin terrapin: Northern Diamondback Terrapin Remarks: Records from Mexico are erroneous (Smith & Smith 1979). The population in Bermuda appear to be natural. Distribution: Bermuda, USA (Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York [incl. Long Island], North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C.).