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Occurrence record: Herpetology:C605

Preserved specimen of Carinascincus metallicus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) | Metallic Cool-skink
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Vertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number C605
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:TMAG:Herpetology:C605
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Dr Mark Hutchinson  
Collector Terry Schwaner, K Medlock (South Australian Museum / Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery)  
Supplied as "Terry Schwaner, K Medlock (South Australian Museum / Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery)"
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1987, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1987 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Carinascincus metallicus
Supplied scientific name "Niveoscincus metallicus"
Identified to rank species
Common name Metallic Cool-skink
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Scincidae
Genus Carinascincus
Supplied as "Niveoscincus"
Species Carinascincus metallicus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (O'Shaughnessy, 1874)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Mount Rufus
Latitude -42.1319236
Supplied as: "-42.1333"
Longitude 146.1010465
Supplied as: "146.1"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 50.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian Central Highlands
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian Central Highlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Central Highlands
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 GORDON RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 Central Highlands (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Central Highlands
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CENTRAL HIGHLANDS COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1233
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WILDERNESS - EAST
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (TAS.)
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CENTRAL TASMANIA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) DERWENT VALLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) DERWENT
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Low Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Low Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Heathlands
    Vegetation types - present Heathlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2076.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 611.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 356.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 358.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 653.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 11.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 53.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 17.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 5.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) -1.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 1.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.13
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 16.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 9.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 2.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 5.391667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 46.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 1.0
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 1235.0 m