Police have located a five-year-old girl who was believed to have been abducted from a central Queensland home overnight. 

Police say Shania Temple was taken from a house on Tay Street, South Mackay, about 12.30am on Saturday.

It was reported earlier that the girl was taken by a man and a teenager. 

Queensland police released a short statement at 12.20pm on Saturday to say she had been found safe and well. 

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Queensland police are calling on the public to help them find a five-year-old girl who was taken from South Mackay in the early hours of Saturday, August 1.

Police said the girl was taken from Tay Street, South Mackay at 12.30am and may be at risk. 

She is believed to be with a man and a teenage girl and is possibly travelling in a car.

The car is described as being a white, older model Mitsubishi Magna, registration number 353-LVO.

The girl is described as Caucasian with short blonde hair.

If you have any information about the incident phone 131 564. Any life-threatening information should be relayed by phone to 000.