Terrapin

For other uses, see Terrapin (disambiguation).

A terrapin is a turtle living in fresh or brackish water. Terrapin is an Algonquian word for turtle. In the UK red-eared sliders are known as "red-eared terrapins".

Species

Turtle species with "terrapin" in their common names include:

• Diamondback terrapin Malaclemys terrapin, a turtle of the Emydidae family, native to the US
• Painted terrapin Batagur borneoensis, a turtle in the Geoemydidae family native to Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand
• Northern river terrapin Batagur baska, a critically endangered turtle in the Geoemydidae family native to Cambodia
• Southern river terrapin Batagur affinis, a turtle in the Geoemydidae family native to Cambodia
• Smiling terrapin or Black marsh turtle, Siebenrockiella crassicollis, native to Southeast Asia
• Seychelles black terrapin Pelusios seychellensis, an extinct species of turtle in the Pelomedusidae family that was endemic to Seychelles
• Serrated hinged terrapin Pelusios sinuatus is a species of turtle in the Pelomedusidae family found in southern Africa