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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