1875 20 Nov. 7/1 There is another variety of terrapin known as the ‘red fenders’; but their meat is coarse, and the flavor is fishy. They..often become eighteen and twenty inches long.
1884 in Goode 154 The ‘Red-bellied Terrapin’, Pseudemys rugosa..is also known under the names ‘Potter’, ‘Red-fender’, and ‘Slider’.