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title: "Big Bend Slider"
description: "Trachemys gaigeae — Rettili. The Big Bend slider (Trachemys gaigeae), also called commonly the Mexican Plateau slider and la jicotea de la meseta mexicana in Mexican Spanish, is a species of aquatic turtle in the family Emydidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/big-bend-slider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Big Bend Slider

> Trachemys gaigeae — Rettili. The Big Bend slider (Trachemys gaigeae), also called commonly the Mexican Plateau slider and la jicotea de la meseta mexicana in Mexican Spanish, is a species of aquatic turtle in the family Emydidae.

- Scientific name: *Trachemys gaigeae*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 527
- Wikidata: [Q2243127](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2243127)
- iNaturalist taxon: [39794](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39794)

## Names

- en: Big Bend Slider
- de: Mexikanische Schmuckschildkröte
- es: Jicotea Big Bend

## Countries with the most observations

US (432), MX (47)

## Summary

The Big Bend slider (Trachemys gaigeae), also called commonly the Mexican Plateau slider and la jicotea de la meseta mexicana in Mexican Spanish, is a species of aquatic turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bend_slider

## Photo

![Big Bend Slider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/big-bend-slider/medium.jpg)

Photo: natgrace18 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102108786

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/big-bend-slider?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).