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Explore the Taxonomic Tree

Florida East Coast Diamondback Terrapin

Common Name
Florida East Coast Diamondback Terrapin
Eastern Florida Diamondback Terrapin
Eastern Florida Diamond-backed Terrapin

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The table below is a high-level overview of the subsequent branches of this taxon, organized by taxonomic level and further subdivided by items that FWS focuses on, either through a regulatory or other capacity. You can change your list view by selecting an option from the overview table:

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Branches of Malaclemys terrapin tequesta

Taxonomic LevelTaxaFWS Focus
All Subtaxa00

Location in Taxonomic Tree

KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
InfrakingdomDeuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
InfraphylumGnathostomata
SuperclassTetrapoda
ClassReptilia
OrderTestudines
SuborderCryptodira
SuperfamilyTestudinoidea
FamilyEmydidae
SubfamilyDeirochelyinae
GenusMalaclemys
SpeciesMalaclemys terrapin
SubspeciesMalaclemys terrapin tequesta

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