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Jicotea

Educational resources on Jicotea

Jicotea or Trachemys decorata is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to B1+2c. IUCN Profile of the Jicotea

Academic web links for the Jicotea.


Indigenous Glossary
Higüera = a tree whose fruit (the gourds) are used for utensils. Jicotea = water turtle. Anón = fruit tree. Guanábana = fruit. Quenepa = fruit. Guayacán = a tree with very hard wood
ponce.inter.edu/tibes/ingles/vocabula.html

botany.csdl.tamu.edu
Ludwigia erecta (L.) Hara - Yerba-de-jicotea. Synonymy: Jussiaea erecta L. Ludwigia leptocarpa (Nutt.) Hara - Angle-stem primrose-willow. Present in the Texas
botany.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/ruled_html_query?colldir=kartesz%2Fmgdata&collname=bonap98&...

Scientific Name: Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928 ...
Scientific Name: Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1928) Common Name: Jicotea
luq.lternet.edu/images/LEFAnimals/Presentations/LUQ_LTER_REPTILIA.pdf

Post Offices with "Turtle" or "Tortoise" in Their Names
Jicotea, Costa Rica Punta Tortuga, Esmeraldas, Ecuador Tortuga, Hidalgo, Mexico Rancho la Tortuga, Sonora, Mexico Skilpad, Namibia La Tortuga, Atlántico Sur, Nicaragua
www.personal.psu.edu/staff/c/r/crr2/turtstmp/current/offices.html

KZSU Zookeeper Online
Artist Album Track Name Collection Medium Label; Formell, Juan-Carlos: Songsfromalittlebluehouse: Regreso De Jicotea: World: CD: Full: Wicklow
zookeeper.stanford.edu/index.php?s=byTrack&n=Regreso+De+Jicotea&q=10&action=search

Turtle, Tuatara, Crocodile Checklist--7
COMMON NAME: Central Antillean slider, Puerto Rican slider, Jicotea. Trachemys terrapen (Lacépède 1788), Hist. Nat. Quadrup. Ovip. Serp. 1:129.
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/turtcroclist/chklst7.htm

Trachemys gaigeae
Family: Emydidae (Box and Basking Turtles) Species: Trachemys gaigeae (TRACK-eh-mees GAGE-ee-ee) Common English Name: Big Bend Slider ; Common Spanish Name: Jicotea Big Bend
museum.utep.edu/chih/theland/animals/reptiles/trachemysga.htm

List of reptiles that inhabit Puerto Rico
Trachemys s. stejnegeri: Hicotea, Jicotea : Dermochelys coriacea: Tinglado, Tinglar: Anolis occultus: Pigmy Lizard "Lagartijo Pigmeo" Anolis evermanni : Green Lizard "Lagartijo
coqui.uprrp.edu/eng/qcec.html

Ludwigia erecta - Species Page - ISB: Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants ...
Ludwigia erecta (L.)H.Hara: Common Name: YERBA DE JICOTEA: Plant Notes: ** Status: Native, OBL (DEP), OBL (NWI)
florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2280

Pseudemys gorzugi
Family: Emydidae (Box and Basking Turtles) Species: Pseudemys gorzugi (SUE-deh-mees gore-ZOO-gee) Common English Name: Western River Cooter ; Common Spanish Name: Jicotea del Río Bravo
museum.utep.edu/chih/theland/animals/reptiles/pseugorz.htm







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