Tag: diamondback terrapin

ALERT: Diamondback Terrapin ESA Listing

ALERT: Diamondback Terrapin ESA Listing

The species has a large range from Cape Cod in Massachusetts through the Florida Keys and west along the Gulf Coast to the Corpus Christi area in Texa [...]
Florida FWC Denies Captive Breeding Request of Diamondback Terrapins

Florida FWC Denies Captive Breeding Request of Diamondback Terrapins

The proposal, put out by USARK Florida for commercial breeding of the species would have reduced pressure on wild populations. [...]
USARK Florida Proposes Captive Breeding of Diamondback Terrapins

USARK Florida Proposes Captive Breeding of Diamondback Terrapins

USARK FL has sent its proposal to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which may rule on the proposal. [...]

Florida Rule Prohibits Diamondback Terrapin Collection, Safer Blue Crab Traps

The rule also requires recreational blue crabbers to install turtle excluder devices in their traps. [...]

Two-headed Diamondback Terrapin Hatchling Doing Well At MA’s Cape Wildlife Center

A two-headed diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) that hatched in a head start nesting site in Barnstable, MA is doing well at the Cape Wildlife [...]
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