How to Use diamondback terrapin in a Sentence

diamondback terrapin

noun

• In Connecticut, diamondback terrapins live in saltmarsh habitats and consume coffee bean snails, which if left unchecked would consume all the grass in the saltmarsh.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
• Native turtle species like bog turtles, wood turtles, diamondback terrapins and eastern box turtles are also protected and cannot be collected or kept as pets.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026
• The Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable, Massachusetts, shared a photo Thursday of a diamondback terrapin with two heads.
  — Neal Riley, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
• In October 2021, the New England Wildlife Center discovered another rare diamondback terrapin hatchling that had two heads and six legs.
  — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
• Other species up for consideration include the Cascade red fox, diamondback terrapin, Goose Lake lamprey, Goose Lake sucker, Goose Lake tui chub and loopy five firefly.
  — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 17 July 2026