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est, last smallest. Nuchal very narrow. Marginals 12 on 
each side, supracaudals being distinct. Plastron large, extend- 
ing forward about as far as carapace, weakly notched poster- 
iorly, truncate or rounded anteriorly. Gular plates smallest, 
triangular. Pectorals very much smaller than abdominals; 
latter longest, and with longest median suture. Axillary 
and inguinal plates well-developed, inguinal wedged in be- 
tween abdominal and marginals. Head moderately large, 
covered above and laterally, except sometimes on temples, 
with smooth skin. Upper jaw not hooked, sometimes notch- 
ed at symphysis. Skin of neck and gular regions granular or 
tubercular. Limbs covered with scales, anterior with five, 
posterior with four, digits webbed to bases of long claws. 
Tail moderately long or short. 
The carapace is indefinitely marbled above with olive, 
yellow, and dark brown. Near the middle of each costal 
plate is a vertical bar of yellow, while a narrow or indistinct 
yellow line runs along near the anterior margin of each 
costal plate. In front of each of these yellow markings is 
a large vertical blotch of dark brown. The vertebrals show 
traces of yellow longitudinal lines near their lateral edges. 
The edge of the carapace is yellow; from it yellow bars run 
up on the middle of the marginal plates. Between these 
yellow bars are dark brown or black ocelli with indefinite 
yellow concentric lines. The lower surfaces of the marginals 
are blotched with dark brown. The plastron is yellow, often 
heavily blotched with dark brown. The head and limbs are 
grayish or brownish olive, with numerous longitudinal yellow 
lines. There is a large, elongate, yellow or orange blotch 
behind the eye. 
The colors of a living specimen were as follows: Large 
postocular blotch, scarlet-vermillion or flame scarlet; lines 
on side of head greenish white; eye Paris green with black 
cross-bar; costal and marginal markings chrome yellow and 
