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Cuban slider

Trachemys decussata (Gray, 1831)

Status not recordedturtles and tortoises

The cuban slider (Trachemys decussata) is a species in the family Emydidae, order Testudines. Recorded adults weigh about 630.1 g.

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Quick facts about the cuban slider

Weight
630.1 g
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Longest recorded lifespan
75 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
5
Litters or clutches a year
2
Reproduction
Eggs
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cuban slider live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cuban slider as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Cayman Islands
  2. Singapore

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the cuban 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 cuban slider classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderTestudines
  5. familyEmydidae
  6. genusTrachemys
  7. SpeciesTrachemys decussata (Gray, 1831)

Synonyms Emys decussata, Emys gnatho, Emys jamao, Emys vermiculata, Pseudemys decussata angusta, Pseudemys decussata plana, Pseudemys granti, Testudo rugosa

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • North Antillean sliderEnglish
  • سلحفاة منزلقة شمال الأنتيلArabic
  • želva kubánskáCzech
  • Cubansk TerrapinDanish
  • Kuba-SchmuckschildkröteGerman
  • Tortuga cubanaSpanish
  • kubai ékszerteknősHungarian
  • キタアンティルスライダーJapanese
  • Северная антильская черепахаRussian
  • เต่าสไลเดอร์คิวบาThai
  • Kubanische SchmuckschildkröteGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cuban slider

Other species in the same genus Trachemys.

Slider

Trachemys scripta

EmydidaeNo free photo yet

Jicotea

Trachemys decorata

EmydidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the cuban slider?

An adult cuban slider weighs 630.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the cuban slider an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cuban slider as introduced in 2 countries: Cayman Islands and Singapore, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the cuban slider?

The cuban slider (Trachemys decussata) 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.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cuban slider (Trachemys decussata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuban-slider

MLA

“Cuban slider (Trachemys decussata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuban-slider.

BibTeX
@misc{cuban_slider_2026,
  title = {Cuban slider (Trachemys decussata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuban-slider},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}