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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.63590

Preserved specimen of Varanus tristis (Schlegel, 1839) | Black-headed Monitor recorded on 1977-07-02
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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.63590
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2118247","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.63590"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.63590
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Sadlier, Dr Ross Allen - Australian Museum - Herpetology  
Identified date 2000
Collector Greer, Allen  
Supplied as "Allen Greer"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]
Date identified 2000
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2027674
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1977-07-02
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Varanus tristis
Supplied scientific name "Varanus tristis orientalis Fry, 1913"
Identified to rank species
Common name Black-headed Monitor
Supplied common name "Freckled Monitor"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Varanidae
Genus Varanus
Species Varanus tristis
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Varanus tristis orientalis Fry, 1913
Scientific name authorship (Schlegel, 1839)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Fry, 1913
Verbatim taxon rank 1

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -18.566
Supplied as: "-18.566"
Longitude 140.6
Supplied as: "140.6"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Bang Bang Jump Up on Hwy.No. 83
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, Bang Bang Jump Up on Hwy.No. 83 (18° 34' S, 140° 36' E) 02/07/1977 - 02/07/1977, A. and P. Greer(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 18° 34' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 140° 36' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/7/1
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/7/1
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Southern Gulf
    NRM Regions 2017 Southern Gulf
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Southern Gulf
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Gulf Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Gulf Plains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Donors Plateau
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FLINDERS-NORMAN RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Carpentaria (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Carpentaria
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CARPENTARIA SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 163
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3233
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CARPENTARIA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CARPENTARIA - BURKE - MORNINGTON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CARPENTARIA EXC. DOOMADGEE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MOUNT ISA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TRAEGER
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Acacia
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Acacia Forests and Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other Acacia forests and woodlands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 643.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 124.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 371.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 45.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 473.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 16.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 25.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 12.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.54 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.27
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.829166 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.23
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.68
    Elevation 52.0 m