Bought 2 terrapins for darling Keane. He kept calling them turtle... I asked the sales person what are the differences between turtle, tortoise and terrapin, and his answer was, "I don't know." (-_-") He told me that they are only allowed to sell terrapins. Well... ok... Hmm... got to find out the differences of between the three in the encyclopedia so that I can provide correct information to Keane! Thanks to darling Keane that I am enriching myself by reading up!