Nicaraguan Slider

Nicaraguan Slider

Trachemys grayi

40–50% · Likely
overall probability at Parque Natural Metropolitano

📅 Monthly Probability

50–60
Jan
30–40
Feb
20–30
Mar
40–50
Apr
0–10
May
20–30
Jun
60–70
Jul
30–40
Aug
30–40
Sep
30–40
Oct
40–50
Nov
60–70
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
40–50%
2 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
20–30%
3 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
4 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
0–10%
5 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
0–10%
6 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
0–10%
7 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
0–10%
8 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
0–10%
9 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
10 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
11 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
12 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
13 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
14 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
15 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
16 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
17 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
18 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Nicaraguan Slider in Parque Natural Metropolitano?

About 41% of visitor-days record a Nicaraguan Slider sighting in Parque Natural Metropolitano, based on 43 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Nicaraguan Slider in Parque Natural Metropolitano?

December has the highest sighting rate for Nicaraguan Slider in Parque Natural Metropolitano in our monthly data.

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