Mesoamerican Slider

Trachemys venusta

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassTestudines
FamilyEmydidae (Pond and Box Turtles)
GenusTrachemys (Sliders)
SpeciesTrachemys venusta (Mesoamerican Slider)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Tikal National Park

1 Verified sightings at Tikal National Park From 2019 to 2026

170 Verified sightings across all 23 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Mesoamerican Slider

The Meso-American slider (Trachemys venusta) is a species of turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. The species is distributed from Mexico to Colombia. Trachemys venusta is found from southeastern Mexico to northwestern Colombia.

Trachemys venusta venusta – Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico in the states of Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, and Yucatán Trachemys venusta cataspila – Mexico in the states of San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz

Trachemys venusta grayi – El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico in the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca The following three new subspecies were described in 2010. Trachemys venusta iversoni – Mexico in the state of Yucatán Trachemys venusta panamensis – Panama

Trachemys venusta uhrigi – Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Colombia in the departments of Antioquia and Chocó Trachemys venusta venusta (Gray, 1856) – Belize slider Trachemys venusta cataspila (Günther, 1885) – Huastecan slider

Trachemys venusta grayi (Bocourt, 1868) – Gray's slider Trachemys venusta iversoni McCord, Joseph-Ouni, Hagen & Blanck, 2010 – Yucatán slider Trachemys venusta panamensis McCord,... Wikipedia →

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	Daily sighting probability
1	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	~20%
2	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
3	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
4	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
5	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
6	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
7	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
8	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
9	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
10	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
11	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
12	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
13	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
14	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
15	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
16	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
17	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	Insufficient data
18	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
19	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
20	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
21	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	Insufficient data
22	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
23	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

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