Big bend slider
Trachemys gaigeae (Hartweg, 1939)
Status not recordedturtles and tortoises
The big bend slider (Trachemys gaigeae) is a species in the family Emydidae, order Testudines. Recorded adults weigh 900 g to 1.9 kg and live up to 30 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Mexico.
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Quick facts about the big bend slider
- Weight
- 900 g – 1.9 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 28 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- 30 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 75 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 60.4 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 9.85src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 4 years – 7.99 yearssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 2src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the big bend slider live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The big bend slider is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the big bend slider endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the big bend slider classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderTestudines
- familyEmydidae
- genusTrachemys
- SpeciesTrachemys gaigeae (Hartweg, 1939)
Synonyms Pseudemys scripta gaigae, Pseudemys scripta gaigeae, Trachemys gaigae, Trachemys gaigeae gaigeae, Trachemys nebulosa gaigeae
Other names and names in other languages (11)
- Mexican Plateau sliderEnglish
- سلحفاة هضبة المكسيك المنزلقةArabic
- želva GaigeovéCzech
- Big-Bend-SchmuckschildkröteGerman
- Mexikanische SchmuckschildkröteGerman
- jicotea Big BendSpanish
- Jicotea de La Meseta MexicanSpanish
- Jicotea del Rio BravoSpanish
- Gaige-ékszerteknősHungarian
- プラトーアカミミガメJapanese
- เต่าสไลเดอร์ที่ราบสูงเม็กซิกันThai
Relatives of the big bend slider
Other species in the same genus Trachemys.
Slider
Trachemys scripta
Maranhao slider
Trachemys adiutrix
Jicotea
Trachemys decorata
Cuban slider
Trachemys decussata
Maranhão slider
Trachemys dorbigni
Inagua slider
Trachemys stejnegeri
CompareBig bend slider vs SliderBig bend slider vs Maranhao sliderBig bend slider vs JicoteaBig bend slider vs Cuban slider
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the big bend slider?
An adult big bend slider weighs 900 g – 1.9 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the big bend slider live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the big bend slider for 1 country: Mexico. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
How long does the big bend slider live?
The big bend slider has a recorded lifespan of 30 years.
What kind of animal is the big bend slider?
The big bend slider (Trachemys gaigeae) belongs to the family Emydidae in the order Testudines.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4
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