Pond Slider
Trachemys scripta
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassTestudines
- FamilyEmydidae (Pond and Box Turtles)
- GenusTrachemys (Sliders)
- SpeciesTrachemys scripta (Pond Slider)
Closest Relatives at Everglades National Park
Florida Redbelly Turtle
Pseudemys nelsoni
Common Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina
Peninsular Cooter
Pseudemys peninsularis
Chicken Turtle
Deirochelys reticularia
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Pond Slider in Everglades National Park?
About 10% of visitor-days record a Pond Slider sighting in Everglades National Park, based on 67 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Pond Slider in Everglades National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Pond Slider in Everglades National Park in our monthly data.