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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.66668

Preserved specimen of Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875) | Tessellated Gecko recorded on 1975-03-29
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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.66668
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2121530","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.66668"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.66668
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Sadlier, Dr Ross Allen - Australian Museum - Herpetology  
Collector P.Rankin Et.Al.
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 1990
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2023736
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1975-03-29
Sampling protocol COL  
End day of year 88
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 88

Taxonomy

Scientific name Diplodactylus tessellatus
Supplied scientific name "Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Tessellated Gecko
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Diplodactylidae
Supplied as "Gekkonidae"
Genus Diplodactylus
Species Diplodactylus tessellatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875)
Scientific name authorship (Günther, 1875)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Günther, 1875)
Verbatim taxon rank 1

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -29.966
Supplied as: "-29.966"
Longitude 146.866
Supplied as: "146.866"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Brewarrina Area
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Brewarrina Area (29° 58' S, 146° 52' E) 29/03/1975 - 29/03/1975, P.Rankin Et.Al.(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 29° 58' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 52' E

Additional properties

Class Reptilia
dcterms:modified 2012/6/27
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2012/6/27
dcterms type PhysicalObject
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 119a905d-0acc-4d92-838f-342e06326001
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875)
    Coordinates -29.966,146.866
    Related records
    Record UUID c3413936-5f1f-4857-aadd-c77a664071bd
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875)
    Coordinates -29.966,146.866

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Darling Riverine Plains
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Castlereagh-Barwon
    NRM Regions 2010 Western
    NRM Regions 2017 Western
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Western
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Western
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Darling Riverine Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Darling Riverine Plains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Castlereagh-Barwon
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Brewarrina
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Brewarrina
    Indigenous Regions 2021 North-Western NSW
    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 Parkes
    Local Government Areas 2011 Brewarrina (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Brewarrina
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BREWARRINA SHIRE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Western
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 49
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1011
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BOURKE - BREWARRINA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) BOURKE - COBAR - COONAMBLE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR WEST AND ORANA
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) PARKES
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BREWARRINA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BREWARRINA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NORTH-WESTERN NSW
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARWON
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Barwon
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Bourke - Brewarrina
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NSW
    Local Government Areas 2023 Brewarrina
    Postal Areas 2021 2839
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 New South Wales
    Statistical Areas Level 1 10501109207
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Bourke - Brewarrina
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Bourke - Cobar - Coonamble
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Far West and Orana
    Tourism Regions 2021 Outback NSW
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Other native forest
    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 Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tussock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2577.0 frequency
    Species Richness 640.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 381.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 72.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 62.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 30.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 124.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 124.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 32.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 31.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.09
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 364.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 63.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 19.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 62.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 31.51588 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 129.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 50.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 132.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 20.2375 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 30.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 4.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 12.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 14.191667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 13.516666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 46.377995 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 619.8758
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 35.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 27.616667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.083334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 46.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.19
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.34
    Elevation 106.0 m