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Researchers discover endangered white-throated snapping turtle in Queensland creek

The white-throated snapping turtle is the largest of Australia's freshwater species. (Supplied: BMRG)

Scientists have discovered several critically endangered turtles in a Queensland waterway for the first time.

The Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) found three white-throated snapping turtles in Baffle Creek, 100 kilometres north of Bundaberg, while assessing the waterway for a separate project.

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