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marks on dorsal surface of forelimbs and hind limbs. Ground color of underparts whitish, lacking markings; top of head and snout gray, lacking markings; lower eyelids with small dark dots. _Description of paratypes._--Adult females (2 specimens). No striping on dorsal surface of snout; pale postocular stripe not distinct, dark borders obscure (head not extended in TU 13473); carapace circular, pale brown with mottled pattern; carapace lacking pattern of large spots; dark marks present in pale margin of carapace; dorsal surface of soft parts of body finely stippled, larger marks on hind limbs and on anterior surface of forelimbs near their insertions; plastron and ventral surface of soft parts of body without markings. Maximal measurements, respectively, are: length of plastron, 172 and 180 mm; length of carapace, 238 and 263 mm; width of carapace, 203 and 218 mm; width of head, 28 and? mm. Immature female (1 specimen). Carapace circular having juvenal pattern of large spots, some of which have borders darker than their centers and are best described as ocelli; junction of pale margin and ground color of carapace formed by ill-defined, ragged dark border; dorsal surface of forelimbs and hind limbs finely streaked and dotted, larger marks occurring toward insertions of forelimbs; lower border of pale postocular stripe in contact with upper margin of postlabial pale stripe; no stripes on dorsal surface of snout; fine markings on dorsal surface of neck. Maximal measurements are: length of plastron, 56 mm; length of carapace, 82 mm; width of carapace, 77 mm; depth of shell, 13 mm; width of head, 12 mm. Adult males (3 specimens). No striping on dorsal surface of snout; pale postocular stripe with thick, black borders immediately behind eye; width of black borders equal to approximately one-half width of pale postocular stripe; dorsal surface of soft parts of body with indistinct markings that are larger on hind limbs; plastron and ventral surface of soft parts of body without markings; small dark spots posteriorly along ventral edge of carapace; pale margin of carapace lacking markings or having few small black spots; carapace circular with or without pattern of large spots. Maximal measurements of smallest and
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