Female ground turtle: short and wide carapace, flat plastron with no depression in the center, thin and short tail, thin tail base, cloaca is closer to the rear edge of the plastron, the plastron is formed by two anal shields The nick is shallow and the notch angle is larger.

Male ground turtles: carapaces are long and narrow, and the center of the plastron is slightly inward , the tail is thick and long, the base of the tail is thick, the cloaca is far from the rear edge of the plastron, the notch formed by the two anal shields of the plastron is deep, and the angle of the notch is small.