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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.111316

Preserved specimen of Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost, 1895 | Pygmy Desert Monitor recorded on 1972-06-10
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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.111316
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2011975","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.111316"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.111316
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Coleman, N  
Supplied as "Coleman, N"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2020522
Occurrence date 1972-06-10
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Varanus eremius
Supplied scientific name "Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost, 1895"
Identified to rank species
Common name Pygmy Desert Monitor
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Varanidae
Genus Varanus
Species Varanus eremius
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost, 1895
Scientific name authorship Lucas & Frost, 1895
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Lucas & Frost, 1895

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -25.933
Supplied as: "-25.933"
Longitude 113.533
Supplied as: "113.533"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Denham, Shark Bay
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Western Australia, Denham, Shark Bay (25° 56' S, 113° 32' E) 10/06/1972 - 10/06/1972, Coleman, N(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 25° 56' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 113° 32' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/7/1
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/7/1
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Shark Bay
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Western Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Shark Bay
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF SHARK BAY
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MINING AND PASTORAL REGION

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 207.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 96.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 86.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 28.25 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 119.75 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 30.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 21.824999 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.425 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 11.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 17.175001 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.924999 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.245
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.625 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.525 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 18.05 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.12
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.35
    Elevation 19.0 m