The Diamondback Terrapin Project was initiated in 2006 by Bermudian scientist Mark Outerbridge to fill enormous gaps in our knowledge of a recently discovered species that has now been added to Bermuda’s native fauna list.
The tiny Bermuda population of diamondback terrapins at the East End of the island is believed to be the only population breeding in the wild outside of the continental US.
Outside of Bermuda, the terrapin is known from the mangroves and salt marshes of the US East Coast from southern Texas to Massachusetts.