Reptile in trap to wriggle round here after shedding skin (8)
I believe the answer is:
terrapin
'here after shedding skin' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'reptile in trap to wriggle round' is the wordplay.
'reptile' becomes 'er' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to wriggle' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'wriggling' mean this (letters wriggle or move about)).
'round' indicates putting letters inside.
'in'+'trap'='intrap'
'intrap' is an anagram of 'trapin'.
'er' inserted inside 'trapin' is 'TERRAPIN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for terrapin that I've seen before include "freshwater creature" , "edible, freshwater reptile" , "Water tortoise" , "A reptile; a printer (anag.)" , "Partner I found for freshwater tortoise" .)