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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	39 006018 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Myuchelys georgesi   (Cann, 1997)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 39 - Reptilia Reptiles Family: 39 6 Chelidae (Austro-American sideneck turtles) - show full list Common Name: Georges' helmeted turtle Common Names List: Organism Type: a chelid turtle Synonyms: Elseya georgesi Elseya latisternum georgesi Wollumbinia georgesi Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Freshwater Parent Codes: 39 006905     Myuchelys spp.

Scientific Name Notes:	Cited as Elseya latisternum georgesi in Artner, 2008. The name Wollumbinia georgesi is used for this taxon in some sources although the genus Wollumbinia Wells, 2007 is considered not validly published according to Georges & Thomson, 2010.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.name:5d8fd61e-0813-42f5-afa3-0d9b0af5629c Name status: synonym    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1469647 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.