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Occurrence record: Reptiles:R04628

Preserved specimen of Carphodactylus laevis Günther, 1897 | Chameleon Gecko recorded on 1983-11-01
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
Institution code Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Supplied institution code "ANWC"
Collection Australian National Wildlife Collection
Supplied collection code "Reptiles"
Catalog number R04628
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Reptiles:R04628
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations body in spirit
Sex not recorded
License CC-BY
Rights holder CSIRO
Establishment means wild location
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Bibliographic citation R04628
Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Dataset / Survey name [ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:4]

Event

Dataset / Survey name ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)  
Occurrence date 1983-11-01
Verbatim event date 01NOV1983
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Carphodactylus laevis
Identified to rank species
Common name Chameleon Gecko
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Carphodactylidae
Genus Carphodactylus
Species Carphodactylus laevis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Günther, 1897
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality BARGOO CREEK, WINDSOR TABLELAND; NEAR SITE 22
Habitat
Supplied as "RAINFOREST; OUT ON SMALL STICK NEAR GROUND"
Latitude -16.2167
Supplied as: "-16.2167"
Longitude 145.0667
Supplied as: "145.0667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality BARGOO CREEK, WINDSOR TABLELAND
Water body not applicable
Island not applicable
Island group not applicable
Location remarks confident in available location data
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 2000.0
County not applicable
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS not recorded; assume WGS84 for Australia

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty confident in available location data

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    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    First of the month Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Outlier information  

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Mount Windsor
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Mount Windsor
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Daintree-Bloomfield
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DAINTREE RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Western Yalanji Small Scale Miners ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cairns (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Douglas
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DOUGLAS SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 192
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 282
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) DAINTREE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) PORT DOUGLAS - DAINTREE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WUJAL WUJAL AND OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAPE TRIBULATION - CHINA CAMP - ZIG ZAG
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Rainforest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Rainforest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Rainforests and Vine Thickets
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Warm Temperate Rainforest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1727.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 124.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 89.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 89.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 801.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 100.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1016.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 17.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.54 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.85
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 23.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 19.708334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 59.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.75
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 917.0 m