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Occurrence record: Reptiles:R02658

Preserved specimen of Morethia adelaidensis Peters, 1874 | Saltbush Morethia Skink recorded on 1978-08-28
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
Institution code Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Supplied institution code "ANWC"
Collection Australian National Wildlife Collection
Supplied collection code "Reptiles"
Catalog number R02658
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Reptiles:R02658
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations body in spirit
Sex not recorded
License CC-BY
Rights holder CSIRO
Establishment means wild location
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Bibliographic citation R02658
Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Dataset / Survey name [ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:4]

Event

Dataset / Survey name ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)  
Occurrence date 1978-08-28
Verbatim event date 28AUG1978
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Morethia adelaidensis
Identified to rank species
Common name Saltbush Morethia Skink
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Scincidae
Genus Morethia
Species Morethia adelaidensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Peters, 1874
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality 3 KM NE OF PORT BROUGHTON
Habitat
Supplied as "COASTAL ACACIA ASSOCIATION; UNDER TIN"
Latitude -33.5833
Supplied as: "-33.5833"
Longitude 137.9667
Supplied as: "137.9667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 3 KM NE OF PORT BROUGHTON
Water body not applicable
Island not applicable
Island group not applicable
Location remarks confident in available location data
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 2000.0
County not applicable
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS not recorded; assume WGS84 for Australia

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty confident in available location data

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    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern and Yorke
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern and Yorke
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern and Yorke
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Eyre Yorke Block
    IBRA 7 Regions Eyre Yorke Block
    IBRA 7 Subregions St Vincent
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BROUGHTON RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Narungga Local Government
    Local Government Areas 2011 Barunga West (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Barunga West
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BARUNGA WEST COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 9
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 734
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WAKEFIELD - BARUNGA WEST
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) LOWER NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) BAROSSA - YORKE - MID NORTH
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) YORKE PENINSULA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) COPPER COAST - BARUNGA WEST
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) FROME
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 334.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 124.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 41.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 125.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 38.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 26.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.57
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.5375 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.26
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.57
    Elevation 5.0 m