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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Reptilia (class)  »  Testudines (order)  »  Chelidae (family)

CAAB Code: 39 006006 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Chelodina rugosa   Ogilby, 1890

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 39 - Reptilia Reptiles
Family: 39 6 Chelidae (Austro-American sideneck turtles) - show full list
Common Name: northern snake-necked turtle
Common Names List:
Organism Type: a chelid turtle
Synonyms: Chelodina oblonga
Macrochelodina billabong
Macrochelodina rugosa
Chelodina kuchlingi
Chelodina siebenrocki
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Freshwater
Parent Codes: 39 006901     Chelodina spp.
Scientific Name Notes:Previously considered 2 separate species, C. oblonga and C. rugosa (e.g. in Cogger, 2000), refer Georges & Thomson, 2010 for detailed synonymy and explanation. Name C. oblonga has priority but C. rugosa is proposed for conservation over it (ICZN case 3351, pending).

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.name:5e681694-bb26-438b-9ded-c22015172613
Name status: synonym    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1447991
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-05-05
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.
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