Animalia > Chordata > Testudines > Emydidae > Trachemys > Trachemys dorbigniTrachemys dorbigni (Black-bellied Slider; Orbigny's slider)Synonyms: Chrysemys dorbignyi; Clemmys dorbigni; Emys dorbigni; Pseudemys dorbignyi brasiliensis; Trachemys adiutrix; Trachemys aduitrix D'Orbigny's slider or the black-bellied slider (Trachemys dorbigni ), commonly known in Brazil as tigre d'água (which means water tiger in Portuguese), is a species of water turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is found in southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and Uruguay. One subspecies (in addition to the nominate subspecies) is distinguished, Trachemys dorbigni brasiliensis. |
| Adult Weight [1] | 3.036 lbs (1.377 kg) | | Female Weight [1] | 4.087 lbs (1.854 kg) | | Male Weight [1] | 1.984 lbs (900 g) | | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 106 % |  | | Female Maturity [1] | 8 years | | Male Maturity [1] | 4 years | | | Gestation [1] | 68 days | | Litter Size [1] | 10 | | Litters / Year [1] | 2 | | Maximum Longevity [1] | 75 years |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Alta Paraná Atlantic forests |
Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Amazon-Orinoco-Southern Caribbean mangroves |
Brazil, Columbia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Mangroves |
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Atlantic Coast restingas |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Costa Rican seasonal moist forests |
Costa Rica |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Espinal |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Humid Pampas |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests |
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Isthmian-Pacific moist forests |
Costa Rica, Panama |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Mesoamerican Gulf-Caribbean mangroves |
Bahamas, United Kingdom |
Neotropic |
Mangroves |
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Northeastern Brazil restingas |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Paraná flooded savanna |
Argentina |
Neotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Southern Mesoamerican Pacific mangroves |
Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama |
Neotropic |
Mangroves |
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Tocantins/Pindare moist forests |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Uruguayan savanna |
Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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| Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Atlantic Forest |
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay |
No |
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Mesoamerica |
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama |
No |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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