EMYSystem Text Only Genus Page: Rheodytes
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
subfamily.......Chelidinae ()
genus...............Rheodytes (Fitzroy River Turtles)
species
species list
R. leukops (Fitzroy River Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Legler and Cann 1980 : 2
- Common Name
- Fitzroy River Turtles
- Distribution
- As for the single species
- Comments
- Without justification, Wells and Wellington (1985:13) placed Rheodytes in the synonymy of Elseya Gray (1867).
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