Trachemys decussata
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The Cuban slider (Trachemys decussata) is a species of turtle native to Cuba (including Isla de la Juventud), but has also been introduced to Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac in the Cayman Islands (where it is known as the taco river slider or hickatee), and Marie Galante in Guadeloupe. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ciénaga de Zapata | 🇨🇺 Cuba |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Havana | 🇨🇺 Cuba |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prague Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 2 | Zoo Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Acuario Nacional de Cuba | 🇨🇺 Cuba | |
| 4 | Criadero de Manjuaris (Cuban gar) | 🇨🇺 Cuba | |
| 5 | Rákosův pavilon | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 6 | Velemlokárium | 🇨🇿 Czechia |
No species of the same family or order lives in Ciénaga de Zapata, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Cuban Slider sighting in Ciénaga de Zapata on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 9 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and June–July
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Cuban Slider in Ciénaga de Zapata on a given day, against about 10% in August and December, the lowest months. May and September have too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cuban Slider sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Ciénaga de Zapata, in our data
Ciénaga de Zapata is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cuban Slider sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cuban Slider is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Ciénaga de Zapata (18 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
