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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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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.