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Jicotea

Trachemys decorata (Barbour & Carr, 1940)

Status not recordedturtles and tortoises

The jicotea (Trachemys decorata) is a species in the family Emydidae, order Testudines. Recorded adults weigh about 2.52 kg.

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Quick facts about the jicotea

Weight
2.52 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Longest recorded lifespan
9.6 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
70.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
12src for Young per litter or clutch
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Lifestyle
Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the jicotea live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the jicotea as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Bahamas

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 jicotea 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 jicotea classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderTestudines
  5. familyEmydidae
  6. genusTrachemys
  7. SpeciesTrachemys decorata (Barbour & Carr, 1940)

Synonyms Chrysemys decorata, Pseudemys decorata, Pseudemys terrapen decorata, Trachemys stejnegeri decorata

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Haitian sliderEnglish
  • Hispaniolan elegant sliderEnglish
  • Hispaniolan sliderEnglish
  • Hispanolan sliderEnglish
  • سلحفاة منزلقة هيسبانيوليةArabic
  • želva espaňolskáCzech
  • Hispaniola-SchmuckschildkröteGerman
  • Jicotea SureñaSpanish
  • Jicotea de La EspañolaSpanish
  • Tortuga de La EspañolaSpanish
  • haiti ékszerteknősHungarian
  • ハイチスライダーJapanese
  • Испаньольская украшенная черепахаRussian
  • เต่าสไลเดอร์เฮติThai

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Relatives of the jicotea

Other species in the same genus Trachemys.

Slider

Trachemys scripta

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the jicotea?

An adult jicotea weighs 2.52 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the jicotea an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the jicotea as introduced in 1 country: Bahamas, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the jicotea?

The jicotea (Trachemys decorata) belongs to the family Emydidae in the order Testudines.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Jicotea (Trachemys decorata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/jicotea

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BibTeX
@misc{jicotea_2026,
  title = {Jicotea (Trachemys decorata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/jicotea},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}