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Occurrence record: Reptile:R14472

Preserved specimen of Lerista aericeps Storr, 1986 | Desert Plain Slider recorded on 1987-01-20
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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 R14472
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R14472
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by D.F. Gibson  
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 1987-01-20
Supplied as year:1987  month:1  day:20 
End day of year 20
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 20

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 Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality Tanami Desert, Tanami Desert
Latitude -20.883
Supplied as: "-20.883"
Longitude 130.4
Supplied as: "130.4"
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
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Southern Tanami
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Southern Tanami
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Southern Tanami
    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 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tanami
    IBRA 7 Regions Tanami
    IBRA 7 Subregions Tanami Desert
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 VICTORIA RIVER-WISO
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Nyirripi and Tanami Outstations
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Tanami Outstations
    Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Southern Tanami
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Apatula
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Southern Northern Territory
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lingiari
    Indigenous Protected Areas 2013 Southern Tanami
    Local Government Areas 2011 Central Desert (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Tanami
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CENTRAL DESERT REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 215
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 229
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TANAMI
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ALICE SPRINGS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) NYIRRIPI AND TANAMI OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) TANAMI OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) APATULA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) STUART
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Gwoja
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Tanami
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NT
    Local Government Areas 2023 Central Desert
    Postal Areas 2021 0872
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Northern Territory
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Tanami
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Alice Springs
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Northern Territory - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 MacDonnell
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Chenopod Shrublands, Samphire Shrublands and Forblands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mixed chenopod, samphire +/- forbs
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Hummock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Hummock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 798.0 frequency
    Species Richness 203.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 360.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 103.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 202.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 26.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 231.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 17.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 31.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 17.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.85
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 39.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 31.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 31.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 380.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 13.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 2.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 11.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 104.21524 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 254.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 100.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 254.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 25.458334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 31.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 7.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 17.733334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 16.233334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 19.916666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 51.53439 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 567.4778
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 39.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 31.333334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 31.333334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.1
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.24
    Elevation 350.0 m