EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Rheodytes leukops
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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..............Rheodytes leukops (Fitzroy River Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Legler and Cann 1980 : 2
- Holotype
- QM J31701
- Type Locality
- "Fitzroy River, 63 km N and 25 km E of Duaringa, elevation 40 m, 23° 09' S, 149° 55' E, Queensland, Australia"
- 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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