Trachemys grayi
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
| # | 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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Nicaraguan Slider sighting in Tortuguero National Park on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st most-seen of the 34 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, March and October–November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Nicaraguan Slider in Tortuguero National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, the lowest month.
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.
Among the best
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Nicaraguan Slider sightings, Tortuguero National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Soberanía 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 Tortuguero National Park (28 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.
