#1533 · 🦎 reptiles

Mesoamerican Slider

Trachemys venusta

🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Sal Scibetta · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Christian Grenier · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Arthur Chapman · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Juan Carlos Delgado · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Reynosa, Tamps., México:© Yazmin Zárate Sandoval · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. Sin Nombre de Col 17, Reynosa, Tamps., México:© Gerson Herrera · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. El Zamorano, Honduras:© Oliver Komar · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 77687 Q.R., México:© Elvis Jimenez · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Laguna Nuevo Amanecer, Ciudad Madero, Tamps., MX:© serenhuerta · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Laguna Catemaco, 95876 Ver., Mexico:© Lynne Correia · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Meso-American slider ( Trachemys venusta ) is a species of turtle belonging to the family Emydidae with a distribution from Mexico to Colombia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,342iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,342 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Edward Gray in 1856 (170 years ago).