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Occurrence record: Reptile:R38573

Preserved specimen of Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801 | Saltwater Crocodile
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Reptile Collection
Supplied collection code "Reptile"
Catalog number R38573
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R38573
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations skull
Identified by Y. Fukuda  
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 2019

Event

Occurrence date Year: 2018, Month: 6, Day:
Supplied as year:2018  month:6 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality Near Arnhem Highway bridge, Mary River
Latitude -12.908
Supplied as: "-12.908"
Longitude 131.647
Supplied as: "131.647"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Mary Floodplain System
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Pine Creek
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Pine Creek
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Pine Creek
    IBRA 7 Regions Pine Creek
    IBRA 7 Subregions Pine Creek
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MARY RIVER (NT)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Local Government Areas 2011 Unincorporated NT
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated South Alligator
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 UN-INCORPORATED (MARRAKAI-DOUGLA AREA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 206
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 485
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ALLIGATOR
    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) KAKADU - MARRAKAI - JABIRU
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) KAKADU - MARRAKAI - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) JABIRU - TIWI
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GOYDER
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Unincorporated NT
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Melaleuca
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Melaleuca Forests and Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Melaleuca open forests and woodlands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 8968.0 frequency
    Species Richness 732.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1391.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 107.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 412.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 77.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 894.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 9.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.59 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.71
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1390.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 8.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 2.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 8.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 105.971344 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 400.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 326.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 875.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.441668 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 20.699999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 15.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 24.466667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 12.166667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 24.466667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 58.776173 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 200.07765
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 36.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 29.516666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 28.233334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 58.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.5
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 11.0 m