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Occurrence record: Herpetology:J94342

Preserved specimen of Chelonia mydas japonica (Thunberg, 1787) | Green Turtle
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Amphibians and Reptiles
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number J94342
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J94342
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Skull
Identified by A Amey  
Identified date 30 Aug 2016
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Previous identifications Chelonia mydas
Date identified 2016-08-30
Supplied as 30 Aug 2016

Event

Verbatim event date 1980s
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Chelonia mydas japonica
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Green Turtle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Testudines
Family Cheloniidae
Genus Chelonia
Species Chelonia mydas
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet japonica
Scientific name authorship (Thunberg, 1787)
Supplied as (Thurnberg, 1787)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Western Bays, Pats Point, Macleay I
Latitude -27.583333
Supplied as: "-27.583333"
Longitude 153.366667
Supplied as: "153.366667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 27° 35' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 22' East

Additional properties

object id 329523

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    CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Moreton Bay
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Moreton Bay
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Moreton Bay
    Directory of Important Wetlands Moreton Bay
    NRM Regions 2010 South East Queensland
    NRM Regions 2017 South East Queensland
    RAMSAR wetland regions Moreton Bay
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East Queensland
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Tweed-Moreton
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 REDLAND CITY
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) REDLANDS
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Sea, estuaries (includes seagrass)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1328.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 210.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 159.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 39.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 436.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 41.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 465.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 26.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 10.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.15
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 24.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 22.7 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.85
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0