CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxa List

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List of 107 taxa grouped by families - click on CAAB code to see taxon report.

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CAAB Scientific Name Authority AS5300 AS5301 Common Created Revised
39 120001 Acrochordus arafurae McDowell, 1979 Arafura filesnake 1998-09-17
39 120002 Acrochordus granulatus (Schneider, 1799) little filesnake 1998-09-17
39 120901 Acrochordus spp. 2012-10-05
39 120000 Acrochordidae file snakes 1998-09-17
39 012001 Carettochelys insculpta Ramsay, 1886 pig-nosed turtle 1998-09-17 2011-03-01
39 012901 Carettochelys spp. 2012-10-05
39 012000 Carettochelyidae pignose turtles 1998-09-17 2012-10-19
39 006004 Chelodina burrungandjii Thomson, Kennett & Georges, 2000 sandstone snake-necked turtle 2011-03-01
39 006001 Chelodina canni McCord & Thomson, 2002 Cann's long-necked turtle 2011-03-01
39 006007 Chelodina colliei J.E. Gray, 1856 oblong turtle 2011-03-01
39 006005 Chelodina expansa J.E. Gray, 1857 broad-shelled turtle 2011-03-01
39 006002 Chelodina longicollis (Shaw, 1794) eastern long-necked turtle 2011-03-01
39 006006 Chelodina rugosa Ogilby, 1890 northern snake-necked turtle 2011-03-01
39 006003 Chelodina steindachneri Siebenrock, 1914 Steindachner's long-necked turtle 2011-03-01
39 006901 Chelodina spp. 2012-10-05
39 006008 Elseya albagula Thomson, Georges & Limbus, 2006 white-throated snapping turtle 2011-03-01
39 006009 Elseya dentata (J.E. Gray, 1863) northern snapping turtle 2011-03-01
39 006010 Elseya irwini Cann, 1997 Irwin's snapping turtle 2011-03-01
39 006011 Elseya lavarackorum (White & Archer, 1994) Gulf snapping turtle 2011-03-01
39 006902 Elseya spp. 2012-10-05
39 006012 Elusor macrurus Cann & Legler, 1994 Mary River turtle 2011-03-01
39 006903 Elusor spp. 2012-10-05
39 006023 Emydura macquarii emmotti Cann, McCord & Joseph-Ouni, 2003 Cooper Creek turtle 2011-05-03
39 006013 Emydura macquarii macquarii (J.E. Gray, 1830) Macquarie River turtle 2011-03-01
39 006024 Emydura macquarii krefftii (J.E. Gray, 1871) Krefft's river turtle 2011-05-03
39 006025 Emydura macquarii nigra McCord, Cann & Joseph-Ouni, 2003 Fraser Island short-necked turtle 2011-05-03
39 006026 Emydura subglobosa worrelli (Wells & Wellington, 1985) Worrell's turtle 2011-05-03
39 006014 Emydura subglobosa subglobosa (Krefft, 1876) New Guinea painted turtle 2011-03-01
39 006015 Emydura tanybaraga Cann, 1977 northern yellow-faced turtle 2011-03-01
39 006016 Emydura victoriae J.E. Gray, 1842 northern red-faced turtle 2011-03-01
39 006904 Emydura spp. 2012-10-05
39 006017 Myuchelys bellii (J.E. Gray, 1844) western sawshelled turtle 2011-03-01
39 006018 Myuchelys georgesi (Cann, 1997) Georges' helmeted turtle 2011-03-01
39 006019 Myuchelys latisternum (J.E. Gray, 1867) common sawshell turtle 2011-03-01
39 006020 Myuchelys purvisi (Wells & Wellington, 1985) Manning River helmeted turtle 2011-03-01
39 006905 Myuchelys spp. 2012-10-05
39 006021 Pseudemydura umbrina Siebenrock, 1901 western swamp turtle 2011-03-01
39 006906 Pseudemydura spp. 2012-10-05
39 006022 Rheodytes leukops Legler & Cann, 1980 Fitzroy River turtle 2011-03-01
39 006907 Rheodytes spp. 2012-10-05
39 006000 Chelidae chelid turtles 2011-03-01
39 020001 Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) loggerhead turtle 1998-09-17
39 020901 Caretta spp. 2012-10-05
39 020002 Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) green turtle 1998-09-17
39 020902 Chelonia spp. 2012-10-05
39 020003 Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) hawksbill turtle 1998-09-17
39 020903 Eretmochelys spp. 2012-10-05
39 020004 Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) Olive ridley turtle 1998-09-17
39 020904 Lepidochelys spp. 2012-10-05
39 020005 Natator depressus (Garman, 1880) flatback turtle 1998-09-17 1998-09-17
39 020905 Natator spp. 2012-10-05
39 020000 Cheloniidae sea turtles 1998-09-17
39 140001 Crocodylus johnstoni (Krefft, 1873) freshwater crocodile 1998-09-17 2021-07-19
39 140002 Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801 saltwater crocodile 1998-09-17
39 140901 Crocodylus spp. 2012-10-05
39 140000 Crocodylidae crocodiles 1998-09-17
39 021001 Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) leatherback turtle 1998-09-18
39 021901 Dermochelys spp. 2012-10-05
39 021000 Dermochelyidae turtles 1998-09-17
39 001000 Testudines - all families except Testudinidae turtles 2001-05-17 2001-05-17
39 001001 Testudines (except fam. Testunididae) turtles 2001-05-28 2001-05-28
39 125002 Aipysurus apraefrontalis Smith, 1926 short-nosed seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125003 Aipysurus duboisii Bavay, 1869 reef shallows seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125005 Aipysurus foliosquama Smith, 1926 leaf-scaled seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125006 Aipysurus fuscus (Tschudi, 1837) dusky seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125007 Aipysurus laevis Lacépède, 1804 golden seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125004 Aipysurus mosaicus Sanders, Rasmussen, Elmberg, Mumpuni, Guinea, Blias, Lee & Fry, 2012 stagger-banded seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125034 Aipysurus pooleorum Smith, 1974 Shark Bay sea snake 1999-11-25 2020-05-18
39 125008 Aipysurus tenuis Lönnberg and Andersson, 1913 brown-lined seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125902 Aipysurus spp. [a sea snake] 2012-10-05 2020-05-18
39 125012 Emydocephalus annulatus Krefft, 1869 turtle-headed seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125905 Emydocephalus spp. [a sea snake] 2012-10-05 2020-05-18
39 125014 Ephalophis greyae Smith, 1931 north-western mangrove seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125907 Ephalophis spp. [a sea snake] 2012-10-05 2020-05-18
39 125015 Hydrelaps darwiniensis Boulenger, 1896 black-ringed mangrove seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125908 Hydrelaps spp. [a sea snake] 2012-10-05 2020-05-18
39 125016 Hydrophis atriceps Günther, 1864 black-headed seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125017 Hydrophis belcheri (Gray, 1849) [a seasnake] 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125018 Hydrophis caerulescens (Shaw, 1802) dwarf seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125019 Hydrophis coggeri (Kharin, 1984) slender-necked seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125031 Hydrophis curtus (Shaw, 1802) spine-bellied seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125020 Hydrophis czeblukovi (Kharin, 1984) fine-spined seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125035 Hydrophis donaldi Ukuwela, Sanders & Fry, 2012 rough-scaled seasnake 2012-04-04 2020-05-18
39 125021 Hydrophis elegans (Gray, 1842) elegant seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125024 Hydrophis inornatus (Gray, 1849) plain seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125010 Hydrophis kingii Boulenger, 1896 spectacled seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125025 Hydrophis macdowelli Kharin, 1983 small-headed seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125011 Hydrophis major (Shaw, 1802) olive-headed seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125026 Hydrophis melanocephalus Gray, 1849 [a seasnake] 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125027 Hydrophis melanosoma Günther, 1864 black-banded robust seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125028 Hydrophis ocellatus Gray, 1849 [a seasnake] 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125029 Hydrophis pacificus Boulenger, 1896 large-headed seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125001 Hydrophis peronii (Duméril, 1853) horned seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125033 Hydrophis platurus (Linnaeus, 1766) yellow-bellied seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125009 Hydrophis stokesii (Gray in Stokes, 1846) Stokes' seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125030 Hydrophis vorisi Kharin, 1984 [a seasnake] 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125013 Hydrophis zweifeli (Kharin, 1985) beaked seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125909 Hydrophis spp. [a sea snake] 2012-10-05 2020-05-18
39 124001 Laticauda colubrina (Schneider, 1799) wide-faced sea krait 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 124002 Laticauda laticaudata (Linnaeus, 1758) large-scaled sea krait 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 124901 Laticauda spp. [a sea krait] 2012-10-05 2020-05-18
39 125023 Microcephalophis gracilis (Shaw, 1802) slender sea snake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125913 Microcephalophis spp. [a sea snake] 2020-05-26
39 125032 Parahydrophis mertoni (Roux, 1910) northern mangrove seasnake 1998-09-18 2020-05-18
39 125911 Parahydrophis spp. [a sea snake] 2012-10-05 2020-05-18
39 124000 Elapidae: Laticaudinae sea kraits 1998-09-17 2020-06-09
39 125000 Elapidae: Hydrophiinae seasnakes 1998-09-17 2020-06-09

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