Occurrence record: REPT:R180093

Preserved specimen of Morethia adelaidensis Peters, 1874 | Saltbush Morethia Skink

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Dataset

Data partner	OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource	Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code	Western Australian Museum Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection	Western Australian Museum Herpetology Collection Supplied collection code "REPT"
Catalog number	R180093
Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:REPT:R180093
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	Wet
Identified by	Doughty, P.
Collector	Teale, R., Keen, J., Beerkens, N., Schmidt, S., Graff, J. & Kendrick, P.
Sex	Male
Individual count	1
License	CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type	PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence	PRESENT
Sampling protocol	[Trap;Pitfall]
Date identified	2021-01-01

Event

Sampling protocol	Trap;Pitfall
Verbatim event date	2021-11-16
Date precision	NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Morethia adelaidensis
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Saltbush Morethia Skink
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata Supplied as "Animalia"
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Family	Scincidae
Genus	Morethia
Species	Morethia adelaidensis
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	Peters, 1874
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Western Australia
Locality	Nullabor Plain, ca. 25 km NNW Eucla
Habitat	Supplied as "Open saltbush shrubland on clay soils"
Latitude	-31.358611 Supplied as: "-31.358611"
Longitude	128.966111 Supplied as: "128.966111"
Datum	EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Municipality	Eucla
Terrestrial	true
Verbatim latitude	31°21`31.34"S
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU
Verbatim longitude	128°57`58.12"E

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Test name	Result
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid	Warning
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Warning
Name not supplied	Warning
Occurrence status inferred from individual count	Warning
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Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	Passed
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Passed
Continent country mismatch	Passed
Continent derived from coordinates	Passed
CONTINENT_DERIVED_FROM_COUNTRY	Passed
Continent invalid	Passed
Coordinates centre of country	Passed
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Passed
Coordinate invalid	Passed
Coordinates are out of range for species	Passed
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Passed
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Passed
Coordinate reprojection suspicious	Passed
Coordinate rounded	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Passed
Country inferred from coordinates	Passed
Country invalid	Passed
Country mismatch	Passed
Different owner institution	Passed
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Passed
Identified date invalid	Passed
Identified date unlikely	Passed
Individual count conflicts with occurrence status	Passed
Individual count invalid	Passed
Institution and Collection mismatch	Passed
Institution match fuzzy	Passed
Institution not matched	Passed
Interpretation error	Passed
Invalid scientific name	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing taxon rank	Passed
Multimedia date invalid	Passed
Multimedia uri invalid	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from basis of record	Passed
Occurrence status unparsable	Passed
Latitude is negated	Passed
Longitude is negated	Passed
Presumed swapped coordinate	Passed
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
Sensitivity report invalid	Passed
Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
Taxon confer species	Passed
Taxon default match	Passed
Taxon error	Passed
Taxon excluded	Passed
Taxon excluded associated	Passed
Taxon homonym	Passed
Taxon indeterminate species	Passed
Taxon match aggregate	Passed
Taxon match fuzzy	Passed
Taxon match higher rank	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_NAME_AND_ID_AMBIGUOUS	Passed
Taxon match none	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_IGNORED	Passed
Taxon misapplied	Passed
Taxon misapplied matched	Passed
Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
Taxon question species	Passed
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Passed
Taxon species plural	Passed
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
Uncertainty not specified	Passed
Supplied country not recognised	Passed
Kingdom not recognised	Passed
Unrecognized collection code	Passed
Unrecognized institution code	Passed
Supplied coordinates are zero	Passed
Biosecurity issue	Passed
Suspected outlier	Passed
Geospatial issue	Passed
Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
Taxon misidentified	Passed
Taxonomic issue	Passed
Temporal issue	Passed
Other issue	Passed
Duplicate record	Passed
Show/Hide 7 missing properties
Missing collection date	Missing
Missing geodetic datum	Missing
Missing georeferenced by	Missing
Missing georeference protocol	Missing
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
Missing georeference date	Missing
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Georeferenced after occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identification date before occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the month	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the year	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the century	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinate precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Recorded date mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Recorded date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Recorded date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Elevation unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Modified date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Modified date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Type status invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
References uri invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)

Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	Nullarbor
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Nullarbor Plain
NRM Regions 2010	Rangelands
NRM Regions 2017	Rangelands Region
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	Rangelands Region
Biodiversity
IBRA 6 Regions	Nullarbor
IBRA 7 Regions	Nullarbor
IBRA 7 Subregions	Nullarbor Plain
Hydrology
Drainage Divisions Level 1	South Western Plateau
Drainage Divisions Level 2	NULLARBOR
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
Local Government Areas 2011	Kalgoorlie/Boulder (C)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Kalgoorlie/Boulder
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	CITY OF KALGOORLIE-BOULDER
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	48
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	493
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF WA
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	KAMBALDA - COOLGARDIE - NORSEMAN
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	GOLDFIELDS
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	O'CONNOR
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	KALGOORLIE - DUNDAS - GOLDFIELDS
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	KALGOORLIE - DUNDAS
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	KALGOORLIE
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Very Remote Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	MINING AND PASTORAL REGION
PSMA States (2016)	WESTERN AUSTRALIA
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Local Government Areas 2023	Kalgoorlie-Boulder
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	Chenopod Shrublands, Samphire Shrublands and Forblands
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Saltbush and/or Bluebush shrublands
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Other Crown Land
Vegetation types - native	Chenopod shrubs,samphire shrublands and forblands
Vegetation types - present	Chenopod shrublands, samphire shrubs and forblands

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	17.0 frequency
Species Richness	15.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	254.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	71.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	2.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	54.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	18.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	54.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	6.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	72.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	19.6 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	33.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	26.6 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	17.7 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	23.1 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	5.9 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	12.8 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	12.7 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	22.1 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.55 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	1.25
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	29.0 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	22.1 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	13.4 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	243.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	67.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	10.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	45.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	20.178505 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	45.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	25.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	71.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	17.770834 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	23.3 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	6.0 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	12.616667 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	13.158334 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	22.316666 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	56.473534 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	392.70886
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	29.3 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	22.316666 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	18.45 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	55.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.13
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	0.25
Elevation	125.0 m

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name		Morethia adelaidensis
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/065f1da4-53cd-40b8-a396-80fa5c74dedd
	Family id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e6309de1-e366-4116-8a93-f77c0e237749
	Taxon concept ID		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/cdbec22a-56da-4338-b3da-5cce698fd63c
	Order	Squamata	Squamata
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/cdbec22a-56da-4338-b3da-5cce698fd63c
	Taxon identification issue	[MISSING_COLLECTION_DATE]
	Genus	Morethia	Morethia
	Left		35062
	Scientific name authorship		Peters, 1874
	Taxon rank	species	species
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/45aa45dc-c5a0-4f00-b81c-46b793b0583d
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name		Saltbush Morethia Skink
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ce3a5d30-60ec-4e53-9803-b514b88ddbca
	Right		35062
	Kingdom		Animalia
	Specific epithet	adelaidensis
	Class id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/682e1228-5b3c-45ff-833b-550efd40c399
	Phylum	Animalia	Chordata
	Class	Reptilia	Reptilia
	Species		Morethia adelaidensis
	Family	Scincidae	Scincidae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Verbatim event date	2021-11-16
Event	Date precision		NOT_SUPPLIED
Identification	Date identified	2021-01-01	2021-01-01
Identification	Identified by	[Doughty, P.]
Occurrence	Individual count	1	1
	Type		PhysicalObject
	Catalog number	R180093
	Occurrence status		PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Collection code	REPT
	Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:REPT:R180093
	Sampling protocol	[Trap;Pitfall]
	Preparations	Wet
	Institution code	WAM
	Sex	Male	MALE
	Recorded by	Teale, R., Keen, J., Beerkens, N., Schmidt, S., Graff, J. & Kendrick, P.
Attribution	Data resource		Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
	Collection		Western Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
	License		CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
	Data provider uid		dp20
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr348	dr348
	Institution ID		in34
	Data partner		OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
	Institution		Western Australian Museum
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co122
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Habitat	Open saltbush shrubland on clay soils
	Municipality	Eucla
	Decimal latitude	-31.358611	-31.358611
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Locality	Nullabor Plain, ca. 25 km NNW Eucla	Nullabor Plain, ca. 25 km NNW Eucla
	Decimal longitude	128.966111	128.966111
	State province	Western Australia	Western Australia
	Verbatim latitude	31°21`31.34"S
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Lga	Kalgoorlie/Boulder (C)
	Marine	false	false
	Country code		AU
	Verbatim longitude	128°57`58.12"E
	Geodetic datum		EPSG:4326

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