# Maranhão slider (*Trachemys dorbigni*)

Canonical page: https://creaturedata.com/animals/trachemys-dorbigni  
Data as of: 2026-11-14

The maranhão slider (Trachemys dorbigni) 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: Brazil.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | 900 g – 1.9 kg |
| Length | up to 30 cm |
| Lifespan | 30 years |
| Diet | Omnivore |
| Longest recorded lifespan | 75 years |
| Main food | Not recorded |
| Habitat | Not recorded |
| Egg incubation | 67.9 days |
| Young per litter or clutch | 9.7 |
| Age at maturity | 4 years – 7.99 years |
| Litters or clutches a year | 2 |
| Reproduction | Eggs |
| Active | By day (diurnal) |
| Conservation status | Not recorded |
| Countries on record | 1 country |

## Introduced range

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists it as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it. Introduced: Brazil. Invasive: Brazil. Source: https://griis.org/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Chordata
- class: Reptilia
- order: Testudines
- family: Emydidae
- genus: Trachemys
- species: *Trachemys dorbigni* (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)

Synonyms: *Chrysemys dorbignyi*, *Clemmys dorbigni*, *Emys dorbigni*, *Pseudemys dorbignyi brasiliensis*

## Countries on record

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.

Brazil

## Common questions

### How big is the maranhão slider?

An adult maranhão slider weighs 900 g – 1.9 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

### Where does the maranhão slider live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the maranhão slider for 1 country: Brazil. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

### How long does the maranhão slider live?

The maranhão slider has a recorded lifespan of 30 years.

### Is the maranhão slider an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the maranhão slider as invasive in 1 country: Brazil. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

### What kind of animal is the maranhão slider?

The maranhão slider (Trachemys dorbigni) belongs to the family Emydidae in the order Testudines.

## Sources

- [An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1), 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](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/316691), 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
- [Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS)](https://griis.org/), CC BY 4.0, 2026-11-13. Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group.
- [ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4), 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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