WoRMS taxon details
Malaclemys terrapin (Schoepf, 1793)
422564 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:422564)
accepted
Species
Malaclemys terrapin centrata (Latreille, 1802) · unaccepted
Malaclemys terrapin pileata (Wied, 1865) · unaccepted
Testudo centrata Latreille, 1802 · unaccepted
Testudo terrapin Schoepf, 1793 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Malaclemys terrapin pileata (Wied, 1865) accepted as Malaclemys terrapin (Schoepf, 1793)
brackish
(of Testudo terrapin Schoepf, 1793) Schoepff, J. D. (1792). Historia Testudinum Iconibus Illustrata. [part 1]. <em>J.J. Palm, Erlangae [=Erlangen].</em> xii + 136 pp. [pp. 1-32]. [details]
Uetz, P. (ed.) (2026). The Reptile Database. Malaclemys terrapin (Schoepf, 1793). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422564 on 2026-01-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Testudo terrapin Schoepf, 1793) Schoepff, J. D. (1792). Historia Testudinum Iconibus Illustrata. [part 1]. <em>J.J. Palm, Erlangae [=Erlangen].</em> xii + 136 pp. [pp. 1-32]. [details]
original description (of Malaclemys terrapin pileata (Wied, 1865)) Wied, M. Prinz zu. (1865). Verzeichnis der Reptilien welche auf einer Reise in nördlichen America beobachtet wurden. <em>Nova Acta Acad. Leopold.-Carol.</em> 32: 144 pp. [reprinted by Bibliomania, Salt Lake City, 2004]. [details]
basis of record Zug, G. R. 2009. Reptiles (Vertebrata: Reptilia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1317–1320 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
original description (of Malaclemys terrapin pileata (Wied, 1865)) Wied, M. Prinz zu. (1865). Verzeichnis der Reptilien welche auf einer Reise in nördlichen America beobachtet wurden. <em>Nova Acta Acad. Leopold.-Carol.</em> 32: 144 pp. [reprinted by Bibliomania, Salt Lake City, 2004]. [details]
basis of record Zug, G. R. 2009. Reptiles (Vertebrata: Reptilia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1317–1320 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Parham, J. F. et al. (2008). Introduced delicacy or native species? A natural origin of Bermudian terrapins supported by fossil and genetic data . Biology Letters, 4 pp. [details]
additional source Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database. , available online at http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz [details]
additional source Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database. , available online at http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malaclemys terrapin centrata) (from synonym Malaclemys terrapin centrata (Latreille, 1802))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malaclemys terrapin pileata) (from synonym Malaclemys terrapin pileata (Wied, 1865))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malaclemys terrapin)
To GenBank (261 nucleotides; 229 proteins) (from synonym Testudo terrapin Schoepf, 1793)
To GenBank (261 nucleotides; 229 proteins)
To GenBank (50606 nucleotides; 44760 proteins) (from synonym Malaclemys terrapin pileata (Wied, 1865))
To GenBank (76 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Malaclemys terrapin centrata (Latreille, 1802))
To GenBank (76 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Testudo centrata Latreille, 1802)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malaclemys terrapin centrata) (from synonym Malaclemys terrapin centrata (Latreille, 1802))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malaclemys terrapin pileata) (from synonym Malaclemys terrapin pileata (Wied, 1865))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malaclemys terrapin)
To GenBank (261 nucleotides; 229 proteins) (from synonym Testudo terrapin Schoepf, 1793)
To GenBank (261 nucleotides; 229 proteins)
To GenBank (50606 nucleotides; 44760 proteins) (from synonym Malaclemys terrapin pileata (Wied, 1865))
To GenBank (76 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Malaclemys terrapin centrata (Latreille, 1802))
To GenBank (76 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Testudo centrata Latreille, 1802)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
