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Fitzroy River Turtle
Rheodytes leukops
The Fitzroy River turtle (Rheodytes leukops) is a species of freshwater turtle in the Chelidae family. It is the only surviving member of the genus Rheodytes, the other member being the extinct form Rheodytes devisi. The species is endemic to south eastern Queensland, Australia and only found in riffle zones of the Fitzroy River.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 39605.