EMYSystem Species Page: Rheodytes leukops
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
SubfamilySubfamily Chelidinae ()
GenusGenus Rheodytes (Fitzroy River Turtles)
SpeciesSpecies Rheodytes leukops (Fitzroy River Turtle)
range of species Rheodytes leukops
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Original Description Legler and Cann 1980 : 2
Type Locality "Fitzroy River, 63 km N and 25 km E of Duaringa, elevation 40 m, 23° 09' S, 149° 55' E, Queensland, Australia"
Holotype QM J31701
Original name Rheodytes leukops
Common name Fitzroy River Turtle
Distribution Fitzroy river basin of eastern Queensland, Australia
Comments Reviewed by Legler and Cann (1980).
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