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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.203336.001

Preserved specimen of Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) | Green Turtle recorded on 2024-02-05
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number R.203336.001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10691053,urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.203336.001"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Trembath, Mr Dane Francis - Australian Museum - Herpetology  
Collector NSW Department of Primary Industries, K. Rose & J. Hall
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 2 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment found dead
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [found dead]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Country conservation Vulnerable
State conservation Vulnerable
Date identified 2026-06-30

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10096660
Occurrence date 2024-02-05
Supplied date "2024-02-05/2024-02-05"
Sampling protocol found dead  
End day of year 36
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 36

Taxonomy

Scientific name Chelonia mydas
Supplied scientific name "Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Green Turtle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Testudines
Family Cheloniidae
Genus Chelonia
Species Chelonia mydas
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.157776
Supplied as: "-33.157776"
Longitude 151.62723
Supplied as: "151.62723"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Catherine Hill Bay
Location remarks Australia, New South Wales, Catherine Hill Bay (33° 09' 28" S, 151° 37' 38" E) 05/02/2024 - 05/02/2024, NSW Department of Primary Industries(Collector), Rose, Ms Karrie - Taronga Conseravtion Society Aust - Australian Registry of Wildlife Health(Presenter), Hall, Jane - Taronga Zoo - Australian Registry of Wildlife Health(Presenter), found dead, Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 09' 28" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 37' 38" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 001581f5-cb80-4baf-858e-e2c34191e13d
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Coordinates -33.157776,151.62723
    Related records
    Record UUID 4c7c702f-111b-42c4-8925-805d35b0de02
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Coordinates -33.157776,151.62723
    Record UUID 7646ec93-6c4c-4eaf-93ca-5d7fcc451cc3
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Coordinates -33.157776,151.62723

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER Hunter Valley GER Hunter Valley
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Sydney Basin
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Wyong
    NRM Regions 2010 Hunter-Central Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Hunter
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Hunter
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Hunter
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Subregions Wyong
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MACQUARIE-TUGGERAH LAKES
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Lake Macquarie
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Lake Macquarie - East
    Indigenous Regions 2021 NSW Central and North Coast
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Shortland
    Electorates March 2025 Shortland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Lake Macquarie (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Lake Macquarie - North
    Local Government Areas 2023 Lake Macquarie
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 LAKE MACQUARIE CITY COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Hunter
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 42
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 8030
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SWANSEA - CAVES BEACH
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) LAKE MACQUARIE - EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NEWCASTLE AND LAKE MACQUARIE
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) SHORTLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) LAKE MACQUARIE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LAKE MACQUARIE - EAST
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NSW CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) SWANSEA
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Swansea
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Swansea - Caves Beach
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NSW
    Postal Areas 2021 2281
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 New South Wales
    Statistical Areas Level 1 11101121236
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Swansea - Caves Beach
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Lake Macquarie - East
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
    Tourism Regions 2021 Hunter
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Rainforest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 17485.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1969.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1227.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 247.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 205.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 30.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 358.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 38.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 419.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 34.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.2
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 21.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1217.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 264.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 62.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 206.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 27.21366 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 339.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 140.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 395.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 8.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 13.333334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 13.916667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 44.970413 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 351.16687
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 25.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 22.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 21.916666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.81
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 22.0 m