Chelodina rugosa ssp. siebenrocki
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
REPTILIA |
TESTUDINES |
CHELIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Chelodina rugosa ssp. siebenrocki |
| Infra-specific Authority: |
Werner, 1901 |
Common Name/s:
| English |
– |
Siebenrock’s Snake-necked Turtle |
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| Synonym/s: |
Chelodina siebenrocki Werner, 1901
Macrochelodina siebenrocki (Werner, 1901)
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Lower Risk/near threatened
ver 2.3
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| Year Published: |
2000 |
| Assessor/s: |
Asian Turtle Trade Working Group |
| Reviewer/s: |
Buhlmann, K., Rhodin, A. & van Dijk, P.P. (Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Red List Authority) |
Geographic Range
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial; Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): |
The international live animal trade has placed some pressure on this restricted-range species, especially in Indonesia. There is also some local consumption in Papua New Guinea, where it does not appear to be seriously threatened at this time.
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Bibliography
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Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group and Asian Turtle Trade Working Group. 2000. Changes to 1996 IUCN Red List Status of Asian Turtle Species. In: P.P. van Dijk, B.L. Stuart and A.G.J. Rhodin (eds). Asian Turtle Trade: Proceedings of a Workshop on Conservation and Trade of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises in Asia, pp.156-164. Chelonian Research Monographs 2. Chelonian Research Foundation, Lunenburg, Massachusetts, USA.
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