Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.45171

Preserved specimen of Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875) | Tessellated Gecko recorded on 1971-08-23

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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.45171
Other catalog numbers	["ecatalogue.irn:2098664,urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.45171"]
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by	Sadlier, Dr Ross Allen - Australian Museum - Herpetology
Collector	G. Witten
License	CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence	PRESENT
Date identified	1990
Identification remarks	N

Event

Event ID	urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2019287
Identification remarks	N
Occurrence date	1971-08-23 Supplied date "1971-08-23/1971-08-23"
End day of year	235
Date precision	DAY
Start day of year	235

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Diplodactylus tessellatus Supplied scientific name "Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875)"
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Tessellated Gecko
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Family	Diplodactylidae
Genus	Diplodactylus
Species	Diplodactylus tessellatus
Name match metric	exactMatch
Accepted name	Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875)
Scientific name authorship	(Günther, 1875)
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Name according to	(Günther, 1875)

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	New South Wales
Latitude	-30.116667 Supplied as: "-30.116667"
Longitude	147.41667 Supplied as: "147.41667"
Datum	EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality	Booroma Station, 2 miles N Booroma Station, 45 miles W Walgett
Location remarks	Australia, New South Wales, Booroma Station, 2 miles N Booroma Station, 45 miles W Walgett (30° 07' S, 147° 25' E) 23/08/1971 - 23/08/1971, Witten, G(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	10000.0
Terrestrial	true
Verbatim latitude	30° 07' " S
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU
Verbatim longitude	147° 25' " E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty	1km-10km

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Ambiguous collection	Passed
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Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	Darling Riverine Plains
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Castlereagh-Barwon
NRM Regions 2010	Western
NRM Regions 2017	Western
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	Western
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	Western
Biodiversity
IBRA 6 Regions	Darling Riverine Plains
IBRA 7 Regions	Darling Riverine Plains
IBRA 7 Subregions	Castlereagh-Barwon
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	Brewarrina
Indigenous Locations 2021	Brewarrina - Surrounds
Indigenous Regions 2021	North-Western NSW
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	New South Wales
Marine
States including coastal waters	New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	New South Wales
Australian States and Territories	New South Wales
Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021	Parkes
Electorates March 2025	Parkes
Local Government Areas 2011	Brewarrina (A)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Brewarrina
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	BREWARRINA SHIRE COUNCIL
NSW Local Land Services Regions	Western
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	49
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	1011
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF NSW
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	BOURKE - BREWARRINA
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	BOURKE - COBAR - COONAMBLE
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	FAR WEST AND ORANA
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	PARKES
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	BREWARRINA
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	BREWARRINA - SURROUNDS
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	NORTH-WESTERN NSW
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Very Remote Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	BARWON
PSMA States (2016)	NEW SOUTH WALES
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Barwon
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Bourke - Brewarrina
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Rest of NSW
Local Government Areas 2023	Brewarrina
Postal Areas 2021	2839
Remoteness Areas 2021	Very Remote Australia
States and Territories 2021	New South Wales
Statistical Areas Level 1	10501109215
Statistical Areas Level 2	Bourke - Brewarrina
Statistical Areas Level 3	Bourke - Cobar - Coonamble
Statistical Areas Level 4	Far West and Orana
Tourism Regions 2021	Outback NSW
Vegetation
Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0	Non-Indigenous, Native forest
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Eucalypt Medium Woodland
Forests of Australia 2018B	Non forest
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups	Tussock Grasslands
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Other tussock grasslands
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Private Freehold
Vegetation types - native	Eucalypt woodlands
Vegetation types - present	Eucalyptus woodlands

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	411.0 frequency
Species Richness	91.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	428.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	79.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	4.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	72.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	30.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	140.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	14.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	142.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	19.4 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	32.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	25.9 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	20.2 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	31.5 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	4.2 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	12.2 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	14.2 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	15.9 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.45 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	2.07
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	35.7 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	27.6 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	27.5 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	444.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	88.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	29.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	88.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	24.73735 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	147.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	59.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	152.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	20.045834 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	30.6 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	4.6 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	12.183333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	14.275001 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	12.183333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	46.650326 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	614.9112
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	35.2 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	27.366667 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	26.833334 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	46.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.22
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	0.38
Elevation	123.0 m

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875)	Diplodactylus tessellatus
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/065f1da4-53cd-40b8-a396-80fa5c74dedd
	Family id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0310ba26-1e10-4d8b-b6b3-ba3bdb89a72e
	Taxon concept ID		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f80fd010-4f8a-414e-891c-4eea711ca358
	Order	Squamata	Squamata
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Accepted name usage	Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875)
	Species id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f80fd010-4f8a-414e-891c-4eea711ca358
	Genus	Diplodactylus	Diplodactylus
	Left		7908
	Scientific name authorship		(Günther, 1875)
	Taxon rank		species
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/432a8853-8caa-4033-a4e8-867c658f652d
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name	Tessellated Gecko	Tessellated Gecko
	Name according to	(Günther, 1875)
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2b91f1b5-c28a-4606-89b4-a9f33ad26821
	Right		7908
	Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
	Specific epithet	tessellatus
	Class id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/682e1228-5b3c-45ff-833b-550efd40c399
	Phylum	Chordata	Chordata
	Class	Reptilia	Reptilia
	Species		Diplodactylus tessellatus
	Family		Diplodactylidae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Event ID	urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2019287
	Year		1971
	End day of year		235
	Month		8
	Date precision		DAY
	Start day of year		235
	Day		23
	Event date	1971-08-23/1971-08-23	1971-08-23
Identification	Date identified	1990	1990
	Identification remarks	N
	Identified by	[Sadlier, Dr Ross Allen - Australian Museum - Herpetology]
Occurrence	Catalog number	R.45171
	Occurrence status		PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Modified	2021-04-07	2021-04-07
	Collection code	Herpetology
	Institution code	AM
	Recorded by	G. Witten
	Other catalog numbers	[ecatalogue.irn:2098664,urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.45171]
Attribution	Data resource		Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
	Collection		Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
	License		CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
	Data provider uid		dp20
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr340	dr340
	Institution ID		in4
	Data partner		OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
	Institution		Australian Museum
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co10
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-30.116667	-30.116667
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Decimal longitude	147.41667	147.41667
	State province	New South Wales	New South Wales
	Verbatim locality	Booroma Station, 2 miles N Booroma Station, 45 miles W Walgett
	Verbatim latitude	30° 07' " S
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	10000	10000.0
	Lga	Brewarrina (A)
	Marine	false	false
	Location remarks	Australia, New South Wales, Booroma Station, 2 miles N Booroma Station, 45 miles W Walgett (30° 07' S, 147° 25' E) 23/08/1971 - 23/08/1971, Witten, G(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial
	Country code		AU
	Verbatim longitude	147° 25' " E
	Geodetic datum		EPSG:4326

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