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title: "Black-bellied Slider"
description: "Trachemys dorbigni — Rettili. D'Orbigny's slider (Trachemys dorbigni) also commonly known as the black-bellied slider, and in Brazil as tartaruga-tigre or tartaruga-tigre-d'água (which mean \"tiger turtle\" and \"water tiger turtle\" in Portuguese), is a species of water turtle in the family Emydidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/black-bellied-slider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-bellied Slider

> Trachemys dorbigni — Rettili. D'Orbigny's slider (Trachemys dorbigni) also commonly known as the black-bellied slider, and in Brazil as tartaruga-tigre or tartaruga-tigre-d'água (which mean "tiger turtle" and "water tiger turtle" in Portuguese), is a species of water turtle in the family Emydidae.

- Scientific name: *Trachemys dorbigni*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 2517
- Wikidata: [Q2158286](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2158286)
- iNaturalist taxon: [39797](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39797)

## Names

- en: Black-bellied Slider
- de: Südamerikanische Schmuckschildkröte
- es: Tortuga de panza negra
- nl: Braziliaanse sierschildpad
- pt: Tartaruga-tigre-de-água

## Countries with the most observations

AR (1177), BR (770), UY (183)

## Summary

D'Orbigny's slider (Trachemys dorbigni) also commonly known as the black-bellied slider, and in Brazil as tartaruga-tigre or tartaruga-tigre-d'água (which mean "tiger turtle" and "water tiger turtle" in Portuguese), is a species of water turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is found in southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and Uruguay.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Orbigny%27s_slider

## Photo

![Black-bellied Slider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-bellied-slider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sebastián Gómez Barboza Silveira · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143771979

## Machine access

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