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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	39 125004 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Aipysurus mosaicus   Sanders, Rasmussen, Elmberg, Mumpuni, Guinea, Blias, Lee & Fry, 2012
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 39 - Reptilia Reptiles Family: 39 125 (sea snakes) - show full list Common Name: stagger-banded seasnake Common Names List: stagger-banded sea snake spine-tailed sea snake Organism Type: a seasnake Synonyms: Aipysurus eydouxii Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Coastal (0-40m) Parent Codes: 39 125902     Aipysurus spp.

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Taxon Notes:	This species was previously confused with the SE Asian species Aipysurus eydouxii. A. mosaicus is regarded as restricted to Australia and southern New Guinea.
Identifiers:	ABRS 2739 View at Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) Cleveland V2020107 WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344640 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-06-17 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Stanger, M. Clayton, M. Schodde, R. Wombey, J. Mason, I., 1998, CSIRO list of Australian vertebrates: a reference with conservation status. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, VIC. 123pp.
Scientific Name verified against:	Sanders, K.L., Rasmussen, A.R., Elmberg, J., Mumpuni, Guinea, M., Blias, P., Lee, M.S.Y., Fry, B.G., 2012. Aipysurus mosaicus, a new species of egg-eating sea snake (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae), with a redescription of Aipsurus eydouxii (Gray, 1849)., Zootaxa, Vol. 3431: 1-18.