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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.20257

Preserved specimen of Varanus gouldii (Gray, 1838) | Gould's Goanna recorded on 1963-05-01
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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.20257
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2072379","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.20257"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.20257
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Shea, G  
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1998
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2013903
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1963-05-01
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Varanus gouldii
Supplied scientific name "Varanus gouldii gouldii (Gray, 1838)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Gould's Goanna
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Varanidae
Genus Varanus
Species Varanus gouldii
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Varanus gouldii gouldii (Gray, 1838)
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1838)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Gray, 1838)
Verbatim taxon rank 1

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -14.933
Supplied as: "-14.933"
Longitude 138.066
Supplied as: "138.066"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Mataranka
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Northern Territory, Mataranka (14° 56' S, 138° 04' E) 01/05/1963 - 01/05/1963";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 14° 56' S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138° 4' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/7/13
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/7/13
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Arafura Sea Gulf of Carpenteria
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Desert Channels
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Carpentaria
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone