Gibba (Toadhead) Turtle
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Gibba (Toadhead) Turtle

Mesoclemmys gibba

5–10% · Rare
overall probability at Tambopata National Reserve
5 Verified records at Tambopata National Reserve
December Best month highest sighting rate
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

Mesoclemmys gibba, known as the toadhead turtle or gibba turtle, is a small side necked turtle found in a wide area of South America, in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Paraguay, and parts of Brazil. Wikipedia →

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Gibba (Toadhead) Turtle sighting in Tambopata National Reserve, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Tambopata National Reserve

Black-lined Toadhead Turtle

Black-lined Toadhead Turtle

☀️🌙 Day & Night Reptile

Mesoclemmys raniceps

Insufficient data
Twist-neck Turtle

Twist-neck Turtle

☀️🌙 Day & Night Reptile

Platemys platycephala

5–10% · With luck
Geoffroy’s Side-necked Turtle

Geoffroy’s Side-necked Turtle

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Phrynops geoffroanus

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
5–10
Mar
10–20
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
5–10
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
10–20
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
5–10%
2 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
Insufficient data
3 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
4 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
Insufficient data
5 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
6 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Gibba (Toadhead) Turtle in Tambopata National Reserve?

About 5% of wildlife watchers report a Gibba (Toadhead) Turtle sighting in Tambopata National Reserve, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Gibba (Toadhead) Turtle in Tambopata National Reserve?

December has the highest sighting rate for Gibba (Toadhead) Turtle in Tambopata National Reserve in our monthly data.

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