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diamondback terrapin

NOUN
  1. of marshes along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States

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  • The periwinkle in turn is preyed upon by blue crabs and diamondback terrapins.
  • We collected diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, eggs from multiple sights within its range to quantify variation in egg size and the amount of stored energy reserves provided within the eggs.
  • Crabs or fish or even a diamondback terrapin enters a trap to feed on the bait, can't get out, dies and becomes the bait that attracts more victims.
  • Easy paddling along 30 miles of marked water trails takes you through a 2,900-acre salt marsh that is abundant with wildlife - snowy egrets, diamondback terrapins and herons, along with bluefish, rockfish, sea trout and flounder.
  • Wheeler Marsh in Milford, Connecticut provides habitat for diamondback terrapins, a unique estuarine turtle.
  • This suggests that all could provide food for diamondback terrapins.
  • Considered a delicacy and served in restaurants, diamondback terrapins were heavily harvested along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts through most of the past century.
  • Studies on the eggs of diamondback terrapins, Malaclemys terrapin, demonstrated that at least one dune grass, Ammophila breviligulata, has the ability to absorb nutrients from turtle eggs.
  • But it also houses turtles called diamondback terrapins ( Journal Watch Online
  • It was sort of touching, the lengths the ground crews went to on the behalf of the diamondback terrapins. Dan Collins: Fear of Flying: Crazy Right Can't Get It Right
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