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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	39 006001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Chelodina canni   McCord & Thomson, 2002
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 39 - Reptilia Reptiles Family: 39 6 Chelidae (Austro-American sideneck turtles) - show full list Common Name: Cann's long-necked turtle Common Names List: New Guinea snake-necked turtle (misapplied name) Cann's longneck turtle Organism Type: a chelid turtle Synonyms: Chelodina novaeguineae Chelodina rankini Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Freshwater Parent Codes: 39 006901     Chelodina spp.

Scientific Name Notes:	Originally considered conspecific with New Guinea species C. novaeguineae, recognised as distinct by McCord & Thomson, 2002. Previous records of C. novaeguineae from Australia should now be referred to this taxon. Considered to include Chelodina rankini as cited by Cann, 2008, refer Georges & Thomson, 2010.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f6f1c706-9d0f-4fa5-9cfe-0b52f5ff0130 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1447989 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-08-04 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source and Scientific Name verified against:

Georges A., Thomson, S., 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species., Zootaxa, Vol. 2496: 1-37.