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Occurrence record: Reptile:R09314

Preserved specimen of Varanus spenceri Lucas & Frost, 1903 | Spencer's Monitor recorded on 1976-09-29
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Reptile Collection
Supplied collection code "Reptile"
Catalog number R09314
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R09314
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by P.G. Horner  
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 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 1980

Event

Occurrence date 1976-09-29
Supplied as year:1976  month:9  day:29 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Varanus spenceri
Identified to rank species
Common name Spencer's Monitor
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Supplied as "Sauria"
Family Varanidae
Genus Varanus
Species Varanus spenceri
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Lucas & Frost, 1903
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality Rockhampton Downs
Latitude -18.95
Supplied as: "-18.95"
Longitude 135.2
Supplied as: "135.2"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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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 1f243441-b7e1-4285-8a14-8e9145fe7872
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Varanus spenceri
    Coordinates -18.95,135.2
    Related records
    Record UUID a55d5848-4a87-4320-8ace-00bf3886241e
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Varanus spenceri
    Coordinates -18.95,135.2

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South East Queensland
    NRM Regions 2017 South East Queensland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East Queensland
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Queensland
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Queensland
    IBRA 7 Subregions Gympie Block
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 NOOSA RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Sunshine Coast (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Noosa Bal
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 NOOSA SHIRE
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Rockhampton Downs Pastoral Lease
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 14
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 777
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) NOOSA HINTERLAND
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) NOOSA HINTERLAND
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SUNSHINE COAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WIDE BAY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) NOOSA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) NOOSA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) BRISBANE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GYMPIE
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Other native 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 Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1347.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 181.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 150.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 47.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 517.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 55.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 540.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 24.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 15.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.25
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 24.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 23.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 20.179167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.84
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 99.0 m