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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.186469

Preserved specimen of Emydura macquarii (Gray, 1830) | Macquarie River Turtle recorded on 1972-12-06
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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.186469
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2384982,urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.186469"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Legler, Professor John - University of Utah - Department of Biological Science  
Collector J.J. Bull
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Unknown
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Unknown]

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1249401
Occurrence date 1972-12-06
Supplied date "1972-12-06/1972-12-06"
Sampling protocol Unknown  
End day of year 341
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 341

Taxonomy

Scientific name Emydura macquarii
Supplied scientific name "Emydura macquarii macquarii (Gray, 1830)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Macquarie River Turtle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Testudines
Family Chelidae
Genus Emydura
Species Emydura macquarii
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Emydura macquarii macquarii (Gray, 1830)
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1830)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Gray, 1830)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -29.17389
Supplied as: "-29.17389"
Longitude 151.3661
Supplied as: "151.3661"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Dumeresq River, Bonshaw
Location remarks Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Dumeresq River, Bonshaw (29° 10' 26" S, 151° 21' 58" E) 06/12/1972 - 06/12/1972, Bull, Professor James J - The University of Texas at Austin - Department of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences(Collector)
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 29° 10' 26" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 21' 58" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 10km-100km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Nandewar
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Nandewar Northern Complex
    NRM Regions 2010 Border Rivers-Gwydir
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Tablelands
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Tablelands
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Tablelands
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Nandewar
    IBRA 7 Regions Nandewar
    IBRA 7 Subregions Nandewar Northern Complex
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Goondiwindi - Stanthorpe
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Goondiwindi - Surrounds
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Toowoomba - Roma
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Southern and Western Queensland Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Maranoa
    Electorates March 2025 Maranoa
    Local Government Areas 2011 Goondiwindi (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Inglewood
    Local Government Areas 2023 Goondiwindi
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GOONDIWINDI REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 7
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 925
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) INGLEWOOD - WAGGAMBA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DARLING DOWNS (WEST) - MARANOA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) DARLING DOWNS - MARANOA
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MARANOA
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GOONDIWINDI - STANTHORPE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GOONDIWINDI - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOOWOOMBA - ROMA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) SOUTHERN DOWNS
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Southern Downs
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Inglewood - Waggamba
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Postal Areas 2021 4385
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Inglewood - Waggamba
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Darling Downs (West) - Maranoa
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Darling Downs - Maranoa
    Tourism Regions 2021 Southern Queensland Country
    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 Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 991.0 frequency
    Species Richness 457.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 698.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 104.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 104.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 41.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 272.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 275.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 27.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 30.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 1.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 10.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.85
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 24.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 24.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 751.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 116.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 32.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 116.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 37.50344 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 284.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 102.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 284.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.216667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 28.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 11.416666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 14.583333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 11.416666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 51.713947 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 516.0221
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 31.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 24.166666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 24.166666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.4
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.53
    Elevation 385.0 m