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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	39 006011 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Elseya lavarackorum   (White & Archer, 1994)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 39 - Reptilia Reptiles Family: 39 6 Chelidae (Austro-American sideneck turtles) - show full list Common Name: Gulf snapping turtle Common Names List: Organism Type: a chelid turtle Synonyms: Elseya dentata (in part) Emydura lavarackorum Elseya dentata lavarackorum 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 1994 (as Emydura lavarackorum); transferred to genus Elseya in 1997. Cited as Elseya dentata lavarackorum in Artner, 2008.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e426884a-528b-4671-8ccc-682d77db5b3d Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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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.