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Occurrence record: Herpetology:J98271

Preserved specimen of Emydura macquarii (Gray, 1830) | Macquarie River Turtle recorded on 1974-04-01
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Amphibians and Reptiles
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number J98271
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J98271
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by A Amey  
Life stage Female
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes UU16730
Data generalizations Record is Least Concern in Queensland. Generalised to 2km by Qld DEHP.

Event

Occurrence date 1974-04-01
Verbatim event date 01 Apr 1974
End day of year 91
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 91

Taxonomy

Scientific name Emydura macquarii
Supplied scientific name "Emydura macquarii emmotti"
Identified to rank species
Supplied as "Subspecies"
Common name Macquarie River Turtle
Supplied common name "Cooper Creek Turtle"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Testudines
Family Chelidae
Genus Emydura
Species Emydura macquarii
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet emmotti
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1830)
Supplied as McCord, Cann and Jospeh-Ouni, 2003
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -25.4
Supplied as: "-25.4"
Longitude 142.7
Supplied as: "142.7"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Min elevation 120
Field notes UU16730
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 2000.0
Coordinates generalised Due to sensitivity concerns, the coordinates of this record have been generalised: "Record is Least Concern in Queensland. Generalised to 2km by Qld DEHP.".
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

object id 546508

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Channel Country
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Goneaway Tablelands
    NRM Regions 2010 Desert Channels
    NRM Regions 2017 Desert Channels
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Desert Channels
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Desert Channels
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Channel Country
    IBRA 7 Regions Channel Country
    IBRA 7 Subregions Goneaway Tablelands
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Lake Eyre Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Lake Eyre Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 COOPER CREEK-BULLOO RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Bulloo - Quilpie - Barcoo
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Bulloo - Quilpie - Barcoo
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Toowoomba - Roma
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Southern and Western Queensland Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Maranoa
    Local Government Areas 2011 Barcoo (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Barcoo
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BARCOO SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 199
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR CENTRAL WEST
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - SOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MARANOA
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BULLOO - QUILPIE - BARCOO
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BULLOO - QUILPIE - BARCOO
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOOWOOMBA - ROMA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREGORY
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Gregory
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Far Central West
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Local Government Areas 2023 Barcoo
    Postal Areas 2021 4481
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Far Central West
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Outback - South
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Queensland - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Outback Queensland
    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 Unresolved Tenure
    Vegetation types - native Acacia open woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Acacia open woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2416.0 frequency
    Species Richness 422.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 288.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 42.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 57.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 129.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 130.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 24.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 32.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 15.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.08
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 38.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 317.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 39.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 10.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 39.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 53.9759 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 138.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 56.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 138.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.491667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 31.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 7.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 15.283333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 14.45 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 15.283333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 46.314102 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 622.59296
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 38.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 30.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 29.833332 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 46.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.1
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.14
    Elevation 132.0 m