Mesoamerican Slider
Trachemys venusta
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassTestudines
- FamilyEmydidae (Pond and Box Turtles)
- GenusTrachemys (Sliders)
- SpeciesTrachemys venusta (Mesoamerican Slider)
Closest Relatives at Cumbres de Monterrey National Park
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Mesoamerican Slider in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Mesoamerican Slider sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park, based on 21 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Mesoamerican Slider in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Mesoamerican Slider in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park in our monthly data.