This gorgeous little turtle is a diamondback terrapin — a wild treasure of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. With their diamond-patterned shells and speckled skin, diamondback terrapins are a keystone species in the salt marshes and mangroves where they live. 🐢 These terrapins are the only turtles living exclusively in the brackish waters of estuaries. They can live for 25 years in the wild — if they manage to evade human-driven threats. 🐢 There are seven recognized subspecies of diamondback terra

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