Eastern Mud Turtle vs. Diamondback Terrapin

Both turn up in tidal marshes. An Eastern Mud Turtle is small, with a smooth, plain, olive to dark brown shell and a large lower shell with two hinges. A Diamondback Terrapin has deep, concentric growth rings in every plate, grey skin speckled with black, and a pale upper jaw.

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