The Dazzling Carapace of The Flower-back Ornate Diamondback Terrapin!

Nature at its finest!

Here is a flower-back ornate diamondback terrapin, a Florida subspecies-posted by

The Diamondback is Maryland's State reptile & the mascot of the University of Maryland!

Scientific name.

Malaclemys terrapin is the only species in its genus. It belonged to the Emydidae…