Wangba pronunciation: wáng ba

Wangba generally refers to turtle.

The adult dorsal disk is 192.0-345.0 mm long and 138.8-256.0 mm wide. The head is medium large and thin at the front. The snout is long, forming a fleshy snout, and the nostrils are located at the end of the snout. The eyes are small and the pupils are round. The rostrum is longer than or equal to the distance between the eyes and equal to or slightly shorter than the diameter of the eyes. The ear holes are not visible. The dorsal disc is oval with a rounded posterior edge. It has no horny scutes and is covered with soft leathery skin. The front edge of the dorsal disk is folded backwards. There are longitudinal ridges composed of small grains on the surface of the disk, more than 7-10 on each side, and the near ridge is slightly parallel to the body axis. The plastron is flat and smooth, and may have 7 calluses, which are respectively on the upper abdominal plate, inner abdominal plate, lingual and lower abdominal plates, and the sword plate. Posterior lobe of plastron short. The limbs are relatively flat. The lateral edge membrane of the fifth finger and toe is well developed. The back of the body is blue-gray, yellow-olive or olive-colored. The abdomen is milky white or off-white, with regularly arranged gray-black patches. The larvae have black circular spots with light-colored edges on their skirts, and symmetrical light gray spots on their abdomen. There are green and white insect-like patterns on the jaw and side of the head.