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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.38500

Preserved specimen of Tropicagama temporalis (Gunther, 1867) | Swamplands Lashtail recorded on 1972-08-29
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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.38500
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2091635,urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.38500"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector New England University
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2020695
Occurrence date 1972-08-29
Supplied date "1972-08-29/1972-08-29"
End day of year 242
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 242

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tropicagama temporalis
Supplied scientific name "Gowidon temporalis (Günther, 1867)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Swamplands Lashtail
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Agamidae
Genus Tropicagama
Supplied as "Gowidon"
Species Tropicagama temporalis
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Gowidon temporalis (Günther, 1867)
Scientific name authorship (Gunther, 1867)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Günther, 1867)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -10.9
Supplied as: "-10.9"
Longitude 142.45
Supplied as: "142.45"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Approx 1 Mile North Bamaga Airport , Cape York
Location remarks Australia, Queensland, Approx 1 Mile North Bamaga Airport , Cape York (10° 54' S, 142° 27' E) 29/08/1972 - 29/08/1972, New England University(Collector), Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 10° 54' " S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 142° 27' " E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Jardine-Pascoe Sandstones
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Jardine-Pascoe Sandstones
    Fire
    National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset 2019-2020 - v20200324 National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent 2019-2020
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 JACKY JACKY CREEK
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Northern Peninsula Area
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Ergon Energy and Northern Cape York Group #1 ILUA
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Bamaga and Surrounds
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Cape York
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Cape York Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Leichhardt
    Electorates March 2025 Leichhardt
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements PNG Gas Pipeline ILUA - Cape York Region
    Local Government Areas 2011 Torres (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Torres
    Local Government Areas 2023 Torres
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TORRES SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 881
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2438
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TORRES
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) NORTHERN PENINSULA AREA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BAMAGA AND SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Cook
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Torres
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Postal Areas 2021 4876
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Torres
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Far North
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Queensland - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Tropical North Queensland
    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 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Other grasslands,herblands, sedgelands and rushlands
    Vegetation types - present Other grasslands, herblands, sedgelands and rushlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2649.0 frequency
    Species Richness 605.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1672.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 110.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 480.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 107.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1096.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 11.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 21.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.62 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.38
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1834.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 51.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 6.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 29.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 109.914856 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 682.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 424.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1217.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.708334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 11.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 21.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 25.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 6.8999996 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 25.199999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 62.727272 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 121.16543
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 32.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 28.066666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.5 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 65.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.55
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 16.0 m