Diamondback Terrapin Sighting Form

Southcoast Terrapin Project

Sighting Report
Contact Information - NECWA will not share your contact information with any other organization or business. This information will only be used to verify the sighting information.
Diamondback Terrapin

Malaclemys terrapin. The only marsh turtle that lives in New England.
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First Name Last Name
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Organization:

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- Area Code Phone Number
Sighting Information
Date & Time *

- Month - Day Year
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General Location: *
Position:
Decimal degrees preferred, 41.737224, -70.664037
Note: Please enter the GPS coordinates if you know them. If you did not record the coordinates at sighting location, you can provide an estimated location by using Google Maps or Google Earth. This helps us in tracking exactly where these animals are.
What was spotted? Nest or Terrapin?
If nest, intact or disturbed?
If Terrapin, how many?
If Terrapin, alive or dead?
If Terrapin, where located?
If Terrapin, estimated size (inches):
Upload Images - any image, even a distant or blurry image, increases the validity of the data.
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If you have additional photos and/or video, please send to contact@necwa.org. Please indicate date and time in the subject heading.
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- Thank you for sending us this sighting report of a diamondback terrapin. To learn more about the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA), go to our website at www.necwa.org. NECWA is an all-volunteer nonprofit based in southeastern MA. We work to better understand and protect the unique coastal marine wildlife in New England waters. Your efforts are helping us achive this goal.
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