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Occurrence record: Reptiles:R04332

Preserved specimen of Pygopus nigriceps (Fischer, 1882) | Western Hooded Scaly-foot recorded on 1981-10-13
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
Institution code Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Supplied institution code "ANWC"
Collection Australian National Wildlife Collection
Supplied collection code "Reptiles"
Catalog number R04332
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Reptiles:R04332
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations body in spirit
Record number 1372
Sex not recorded
License CC-BY
Rights holder CSIRO
Establishment means wild location
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Bibliographic citation R04332
Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Dataset / Survey name [ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:4]

Event

Dataset / Survey name ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)  
Occurrence date 1981-10-13
Verbatim event date 13OCT1981
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Pygopus nigriceps
Identified to rank species
Common name Western Hooded Scaly-foot
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Pygopodidae
Genus Pygopus
Species Pygopus nigriceps
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Fischer, 1882)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Locality WILDMAN AREA, KAKADU NATIONAL PARK; SITE 26
Latitude -12.6667
Supplied as: "-12.6667"
Longitude 131.9917
Supplied as: "131.9917"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality WILDMAN AREA, KAKADU NATIONAL PARK
Water body not applicable
Island not applicable
Island group not applicable
Location remarks confident in available location data
Coordinate precision 0.00139
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 2000.0
County not applicable
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS not recorded; assume WGS84 for Australia

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty confident in available location data

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Kakadu
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Kakadu
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Darwin Coastal
    IBRA 7 Regions Darwin Coastal
    IBRA 7 Subregions Darwin Coastal
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 WILDMAN RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Local Government Areas 2011 West Arnhem (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated South Alligator
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WEST ARNHEM REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 206
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 485
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ALLIGATOR
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DALY - TIWI - WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KAKADU - MARRAKAI - JABIRU
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) KAKADU - MARRAKAI - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) JABIRU - TIWI
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARAFURA
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous managed, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Tropical Eucalypt Woodlands/Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical Eucalyptus forest and woodlands with a tall annual grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Tropical eucalypt woodlands/grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tropical eucalypt woodlands/grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1433.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 108.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 408.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 80.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 931.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 9.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.59 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.67
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.595833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 59.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.51
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 30.0 m