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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.58373

Preserved specimen of Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801 | Saltwater Crocodile recorded on 1975-12-02
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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.58373
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2112643","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.58373"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.58373
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Webb, G
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2024858
Occurrence date 1975-12-02
Sampling protocol COL  
End day of year 336
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 336

Taxonomy

Scientific name Crocodylus porosus
Supplied scientific name "Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801"
Identified to rank species
Common name Saltwater Crocodile
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Crocodylia
Family Crocodylidae
Genus Crocodylus
Species Crocodylus porosus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801
Scientific name authorship Schneider, 1801
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Schneider, 1801

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -12.166
Supplied as: "-12.166"
Longitude 134.216
Supplied as: "134.216"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 4 Km Upstream From Mouth of Tomkinson River
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Northern Territory, 4 Km Upstream From Mouth of Tomkinson River (12° 10' S, 134° 13' E) 02/12/1975 - 02/12/1975, Webb, G(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12° 10' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 134° 13' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/9/3
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/9/3
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Djelk
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Djelk
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Djelk
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Arnhem Coast
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Maningrida
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Arnhem Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions Arnhem Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Maningrida
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 LIVERPOOL RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Maningrida and Outstations
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Maningrida Outstations
    Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Djelk
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Jabiru - Tiwi
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Northern Territory
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lingiari
    Indigenous Protected Areas 2013 Djelk
    Local Government Areas 2011 West Arnhem (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated West Arnhem
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WEST ARNHEM REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 2113
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2368
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DALY - TIWI - WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MANINGRIDA AND OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MANINGRIDA OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) JABIRU - TIWI
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARAFURA
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Arafura
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 West Arnhem
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NT
    Local Government Areas 2023 West Arnhem
    Postal Areas 2021 0822
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Northern Territory
    Statistical Areas Level 2 West Arnhem
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Daly - Tiwi - West Arnhem
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Northern Territory - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Litchfield Kakadu Arnhem
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Mangrove
    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 Mangroves,tidal mudflats,samphires and bare areas,claypan,sand,rock,salt lakes,lagoons,lakes
    Vegetation types - present Mangroves

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 588.0 frequency
    Species Richness 252.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1287.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 113.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 461.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 71.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 852.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 14.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.6 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.63
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1263.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 4.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 0.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 4.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 113.001854 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 542.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 292.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 818.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.170834 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 15.599998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 18.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 24.383333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.291666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 24.383333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 59.561966 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 190.25648
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 34.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 29.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 28.383333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 60.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.48
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 1.0 m