Trachemys grayi
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bioparque Municipal Vesty Pakos | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Zoológico Thomas Belt | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 3 | Papiliorama | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | |
| 4 | El Nispero Zoo | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | OdySea Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Aquarium River of Zaragoza | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Plantasia | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
No species of the same family or order lives in Manuel Antonio National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Nicaraguan Slider sighting in Manuel Antonio National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 28th most-seen of the 39 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Nicaraguan Slider in Manuel Antonio National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April and July–October, the lowest months. That is one of Manuel Antonio National Park's wettest months, with about 700 mm of rain against 35 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Nicaraguan 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.
7th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Nicaraguan Slider sightings, Manuel Antonio National Park ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 20%), Tortuguero National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Chagres National Park (Panama, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Nicaraguan Slider is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Manuel Antonio National Park (7 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.
