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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.203225

Preserved specimen of Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) | Green Turtle recorded on 2025-03/2025-03
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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.203225
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10670543,urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.203225"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Trembath, Mr Dane Francis - Australian Museum - Herpetology  
Collector V. Hickin
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment found dead
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [found dead]
Country conservation Vulnerable
State conservation Vulnerable
Date identified 2026-05-08

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10095498
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 2025, Month: 3, Day:
Supplied date "2025-03/2025-03"
Sampling protocol found dead  
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Chelonia mydas
Supplied scientific name "Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Green Turtle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Testudines
Family Cheloniidae
Genus Chelonia
Species Chelonia mydas
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Verbatim locality Port Macquarie, Hastings River
Location remarks Australia, New South Wales, Port Macquarie, Hastings River /03/2025 - /03/2025, Hickin, Victoria - NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service(Presenter), found dead, Accession
Terrestrial false
Continent OCEANIA
Marine false
Country Code AU

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