Fitzroy River turtle

(Rheodytes leukops)

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Description

Rheodytes leukops is a turtle species described by Fritz Legler and John Robert Cann in 1980.Rheodytes leukops are single in the genus Rheodytes that are part of the family snake turtles.IUCN categorizes the species globally as vulnerable.No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Reptilia

Order:Testudines

Family:Chelidae

Genus:Rheodytes

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