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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.128667

Preserved specimen of Moloch horridus Gray, 1841 | Thorny Devil recorded on 1945-06-12
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Dataset

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.128667
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2029613","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.128667"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.128667
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Green, H. E  
Supplied as "Green, H E"
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2011073
Occurrence date 1945-06-12
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Moloch horridus
Supplied scientific name "Moloch horridus Gray, 1841"
Identified to rank species
Common name Thorny Devil
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Agamidae
Genus Moloch
Species Moloch horridus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Moloch horridus Gray, 1841
Scientific name authorship Gray, 1841
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Gray, 1841

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -30.45
Supplied as: "-30.45"
Longitude 131.833
Supplied as: "131.833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Ooldea
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, South Australia, Ooldea (30° 27' S, 131° 50' E) 12/06/1945 - 12/06/1945, Green, H E(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 30° 27' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 131° 50' E

Additional properties

Class Reptilia
dcterms:modified 2009/11/23
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2009/11/23
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 00a5a095-09b1-4904-a837-410b4c4ec60c
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Moloch horridus Gray, 1841
    Coordinates -30.45,131.833
    Related records
    Record UUID 822abc3f-80d2-49c7-80ee-1cbccd233243
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Moloch horridus Gray, 1841
    Coordinates -30.45,131.833
    Record UUID 2381b3de-2c65-4bce-bc93-5ad30f6e0b43
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Moloch horridus Gray, 1841
    Coordinates -30.45,131.833
    Record UUID 99427ca8-1d57-46c8-9581-3b1cee6c65fe
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Moloch horridus Gray, 1841
    Coordinates -30.45,131.833
    Record UUID 4fe62413-a674-416d-a019-86d651fcf823
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Moloch horridus Gray, 1841
    Coordinates -30.45,131.833
    Record UUID 4291cf7b-da8b-4c9f-a102-796c47b19484
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Moloch horridus Gray, 1841
    Coordinates -30.45,131.833
    Record UUID 7e4c8291-2d74-4722-933c-ecc010dfa2a3
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Moloch horridus Gray, 1841
    Coordinates -30.45,131.833

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Alinytjara Wilurara
    NRM Regions 2017 Alinytjara Wilurara
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Alinytjara Wilurara
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Great Victoria Desert
    IBRA 7 Regions Great Victoria Desert
    IBRA 7 Subregions Yellabinna
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 GAIRDNER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Maralinga Tjarutja (AC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Maralinga Tjarutja
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MARALINGA TJARUTJA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 194
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 697
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) EYRE PENINSULA AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CEDUNA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MARALINGA TJARUTJA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PORT LINCOLN - CEDUNA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GILES
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Acacia Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other Acacia tall open shrublands and shrublands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Mallee woodlands and shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Mallee woodlands and shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 197.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 47.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 42.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 51.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 57.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 32.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 26.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.54
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 24.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 21.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.970833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 55.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.09
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.15
    Elevation 120.0 m