CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	39 006008 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Elseya albagula Thomson, Georges & Limbus, 2006
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	39 - Reptilia Reptiles
Family:	39 6 Chelidae (Austro-American sideneck turtles) - show full list
Common Name:	white-throated snapping turtle
Common Names List:	southern snapping turtle
Organism Type:	a chelid turtle
Synonyms:	Elseya dentata (in part) Elseya dentata albagula
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Freshwater
Parent Codes:	39 006902 Elseya spp.

Scientific Name Notes:

Originally included within E. dentata, recognised as a distinct species in 2006. Cited as Elseya dentata albagula in Artner, 2008.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f852fac9-782f-4091-9f15-161e688f5b1e Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1435853 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-08-04 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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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