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Occurrence record: Herpetology:D66968

Preserved specimen of Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) | Leathery Turtle
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Herpetology Collection
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number D66968
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Herpetology:PreservedSpecimen:D66968
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skull|Dry
Collector UNKNOWN OR ANONYMOUS  
Supplied as "Unknown"
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Country conservation Endangered
State conservation Critically Endangered

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1993, Month: 2, Day:
Supplied as year:1993  month:2 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Reptilia | Anapsida | Testudines | Cryptodira | Chelonioidea | Dermochelyidae
Scientific name Dermochelys coriacea
Supplied scientific name "Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Leathery Turtle
Supplied common name "Leatherback Turtle"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Testudines
Family Dermochelyidae
Genus Dermochelys
Species Dermochelys coriacea
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Vandelli, 1761)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Wilsons Promontory, Yanakie Isthmus, 1.5 km N of mouth of Darby River
Latitude -38.9582
Supplied as: "-38.9582"
Longitude 146.255
Supplied as: "146.255"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Wilsons Promontory, Yanakie Isthmus, 1.5 km N of mouth of Darby River
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Wilsons Promontory Marine Park
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Wilsons Promontory Marine Park
    NRM Regions 2010 West Gippsland
    NRM Regions 2017 West Gippsland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 West Gippsland
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Flinders
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 925.6667 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 314.83334 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 148.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 29.5 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 149.16667 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 28.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 314.83334 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.383333 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.383333 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.783333 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.416667 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.866667 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.0166664 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.05 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.445 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.99
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.216667 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.150002 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.866667 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.7633333
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0