Trachemys venusta
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The Meso-American slider (Trachemys venusta) is a species of turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. The species is distributed from Mexico to Colombia. Trachemys venusta is found from southeastern Mexico to northwestern Colombia.
Trachemys venusta venusta – Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico in the states of Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, and Yucatán Trachemys venusta cataspila – Mexico in the states of San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz
Trachemys venusta grayi – El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico in the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca The following three new subspecies were described in 2010. Trachemys venusta iversoni – Mexico in the state of Yucatán Trachemys venusta panamensis – Panama
Trachemys venusta uhrigi – Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Colombia in the departments of Antioquia and Chocó Trachemys venusta venusta (Gray, 1856) – Belize slider Trachemys venusta cataspila (Günther, 1885) – Huastecan slider
Trachemys venusta grayi (Bocourt, 1868) – Gray's slider Trachemys venusta iversoni McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Yucatán slider Trachemys venusta panamensis McCord,... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 2 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ciudad Juárez | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | San Luis Potosí | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 7 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yumka' | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Parque Municipal Summit | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Guadalajara Zoo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Vallazoo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Bioparque Municipal Vesty Pakos | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 6 | L'Oceanogràfic | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Safari Masai Mara | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 8 | Zoo de Córdoba | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | Papiliorama | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | |
| 10 | El Nispero Zoo | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Georgia Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Zoologico Sahuatoba | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 13 | Parque museo La Venta | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 14 | Zoológico "Zoochilpan" | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 15 | Aquarium of Veracruz | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 16 | Almere Jungle | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 17 | Animal - Bird Collection | 🇬🇷 Greece | |
| 18 | Gran Acuario de Mazatlán "Mar de Cortés" | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 19 | Acuario Michin Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 20 | Quinta das Palmeiras | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 21 | Acuario Inbursa | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 22 | Key West Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 23 | Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 24 | Biouniverzoo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 25 | Zoo León | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 26 | Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mesoamerican Slider sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st most-seen of the 52 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, July–August and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mesoamerican Slider in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and September, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mesoamerican 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 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Mesoamerican Slider sightings, Soberanía National Park ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize, about 20%), Lago de Yojoa (Honduras, about 20%) and Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park (Honduras, about 20%).
Same genus: Trachemys
The closest relatives of the Mesoamerican Slider that you can see in Soberanía National Park (genus Trachemys, Sliders) are Nicaraguan Slider (about 20%) and Pond Slider (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mesoamerican Slider is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Soberanía National Park (25 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.
