A NEW SPECIES OF OCADIA (TESTUDINES, BATAGURINAE) FROM SOUTHWESTERN CHINA

A new species of batagurine turtle, Ocadia glyphistoma, purportedly fr om southwestern Guangxi Province, China, differs from Ocadia sinensis by having fewer broad neck stripes, bold dark markings on the ventral surfaces of the hind limbs, a distinctive medial notch in the tomium o f the upper jaw, a broader carapace and plastron, a longer plastral fo relobe, relatively shorter interpectoral, interabdominal, and interana l seams, and a relatively longer interhumeral seam. It differs from Oc adia philippeni by having bold dark markings on ventral surfaces of th e hind limbs, no obvious wash of ventral pink to orange pigment, a dis tinctive medial notch in the tomium of the upper jaw, a broader shell, a relatively shorter plastron and bridge, and relatively shorter inte rpectoral, interabdominal, and interanal seams.