Platysternon baiseensis LIANG, LI, GE, OU, YIN, SUWANNAPOOM, LE, NGUYEN, FRITZ & GONG, 2025
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Platysternon baiseensis
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| Higher Taxa | Platysternidae, Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles) |
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| Common Names | E: Baise Big-headed Turtle Chinese: 百色平胸龟 (Bǎi Sè Píng Xiōng Guī) |
| Synonym | Platysternon baiseensis LIANG, LI, GE, OU, YIN, SUWANNAPOOM, LE, NGUYEN, FRITZ & GONG 2025: 1055 |
| Distribution | China (Guangxi) Type locality: Tianlin County, Baise City, Guangxi, China (E106°14'18", N24°14'19"). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: JNU 20191003 (Animal Germplasm Resource Bank, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China) (Figure 7A), adult female, collected by Shi-Ping Gong on 22 July 2019. Paratypes: JNU 20191001–20191002 (all adult females), JNU 20191004–20191006 (all adult females), and JNU 20201014 (juvenile), collected by Shi-Ping Gong between 2019 and 2020 from Baise City and Hechi City, Guangxi, China, deposited in the same collection as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (n=7): Shell moderately flattened. Tail shorter than in P. peguense, with tip reaching humeral or pectoral scute but not extending beyond gular scute when bent forward along plastron. Carapace dark brown, unspotted. Plastron uniform brownish-gray, without dark central mark or spots in adults. Head, neck, and limbs usually dull-colored without orange-red spots or stripes; some individuals with pale-yellow spots or stripes. (Liang et al. 2025) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1508 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in TTWG 2025 and Liang et al. 2025: 1050 (Fig. 1). |
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