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Occurrence record: Reptile:R00285

Preserved specimen of Lerista aericeps Storr, 1986 | Desert Plain Slider
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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 R00285
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R00285
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
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

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1973, Month: 8, Day:
Supplied as year:1973  month:8 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Lerista aericeps
Identified to rank species
Common name Desert Plain Slider
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Supplied as "Sauria"
Family Scincidae
Genus Lerista
Species Lerista aericeps
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Storr, 1986
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Supplied as: "WA"
Locality Gordon Downs
Latitude -18.75
Supplied as: "-18.75"
Longitude 128.583
Supplied as: "128.583"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tanami
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Tanami Desert
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tanami
    IBRA 7 Regions Tanami
    IBRA 7 Subregions Tanami Desert
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 North Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SANDY DESERT
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Great Sandy Desert
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Great Sandy Desert
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Kununurra
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Kimberley
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Deserts
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Durack
    Local Government Areas 2011 Halls Creek (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Halls Creek
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF HALLS CREEK
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 417
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 761
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) HALLS CREEK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KIMBERLEY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (NORTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GREAT SANDY DESERT
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GREAT SANDY DESERT
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KUNUNURRA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) KIMBERLEY, MP
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Halls Creek
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of WA
    Local Government Areas 2023 Halls Creek
    Postal Areas 2021 6770
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Western Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Halls Creek
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Kimberley
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Western Australia - Outback (North)
    Tourism Regions 2021 Australia's North West
    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 Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Hummock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Hummock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 109.0 frequency
    Species Richness 74.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 509.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 122.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 195.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 45.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 358.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 14.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 29.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 10.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 15.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.56
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 39.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 31.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 458.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 15.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 5.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 15.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 114.61647 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 172.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 150.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 307.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.620834 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 27.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 11.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 20.333334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 14.608334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 20.333334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 53.315086 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 455.57385
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 38.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 31.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 29.983334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.15
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.43
    Elevation 366.0 m