Smallest Geochelone species. Head yellow to tan, bulging in the nasal region. xMay have black spots on the crown. Carapace elongated with strongly elevated or smooth carapace plates. Each carapace scute has yellow areola with radiating yellow scutes extending to margins. Radiating streaks from intermediate points to scute margins. Marginal scutes have areolae at postero-ventral corners; "stars" are incomplete. Plastron has dark radiations on a light background. Forelimbs yellow to tan with large scales. Tail yellow to tan.

Females to 10 inches. Much larger than males. Broader shells; frequently the vertebrals and less often the costals are conical in shape. Areola form the vertex. Males to 6 inches. Narrow, relatively smooth shells and dingy markings. Supracaudal scute extended.

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