what is terapin
A terrapin is one of several small species of turtle living in fresh or brackish water. Terrapins do not form a taxonomic unit, and may not be very closely related, although many belong to the families Geoemydidae and Emydidae. A distinction between turtle and terrapin does not exist in other European languages.The name terrapin is derived from the Algonquian word torope, used for Malaclemys terrapin.In the UK red-eared sliders are known as red-eared terrapins. Terrapin crossing sign and a highway barrier designed for crossing at the end of the F.J. Torras causeway at St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA (2015).