Chicken Turtle
Deirochelys reticularia
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassTestudines
- FamilyEmydidae (Pond and Box Turtles)
- GenusDeirochelys (Chicken Turtles)
- SpeciesDeirochelys reticularia (Chicken Turtle)
Closest Relatives at Everglades National Park
Florida Redbelly Turtle
Pseudemys nelsoni
Common Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina
Peninsular Cooter
Pseudemys peninsularis
Pond Slider
Trachemys scripta
False Map Turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica
Diamondback Terrapin
Malaclemys terrapin
Ouachita Map Turtle
Graptemys ouachitensis
📅 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Chicken Turtle in Everglades National Park?
About 7% of visitor-days record a Chicken Turtle sighting in Everglades National Park, based on 32 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Chicken Turtle in Everglades National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Chicken Turtle in Everglades National Park in our monthly data.