Occurrence record: Herpetology:J62056

Preserved specimen of Carphodactylus laevis Günther, 1897 | Chameleon Gecko recorded on 1995-03-15

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	J62056
Other catalog numbers	1960332
Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM.Herpetology:J62056
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations	Spirit
Collector	urn:qm.qld.gov.au:collector:67
Individual count	1
License	CC-BY
Presence/Absence	PRESENT

Event

Occurrence date	1995-03-15
Date precision	DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Carphodactylus laevis
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Chameleon Gecko
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Family	Carphodactylidae
Genus	Carphodactylus
Species	Carphodactylus laevis
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	Günther, 1897
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Queensland
Locality	Palmerston NP
Latitude	-17.575 Supplied as: "-17.575"
Longitude	145.691667 Supplied as: "145.691667"
Datum	EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision	0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	500.0
Terrestrial	true
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU

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Outlier information

This record has been detected as an outlier using the Reverse Jackknife algorithm for the following layers:

Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences
Notes: Data derived using ANUCLIM v6 (beta) with the new set of climate surfaces (centred on 1990), by Dr. Kristen Williams.
Scale: 0.01 degree (~1km)

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Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
Australian Tropical Savanna	Australian Tropical Savanna
CAPAD 2010 Terrestrial	Wooroonooran
CAPAD 2012 Terrestrial	Wooroonooran
CAPAD 2014 Terrestrial	Wooroonooran
CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial	Wooroonooran
CAPAD 2018 Terrestrial	Wooroonooran
CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial	Wooroonooran
Fallow practice - dominant (area)	No practices
Fallow practice - dominant (number)	No practices
GER National Corridor	GER National Corridor
GER Standard Boundary	GER Standard Boundary
Global 200 priority ecoregions - Freshwater	Eastern Australia Rivers & Streams
Global 200 priority ecoregions - Marine	Great Barrier Reef
Global 200 priority ecoregions - Terrestrial	Queensland Tropical Forests
Great Eastern Ranges Initiative	GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
Important Bird Areas (IBA) Australia	Wooroonooran IBA
Irrigation practice - dominant	No irrigation
Land use	Nature conservation
NRM Regions 2010	Wet Tropics
NRM Regions 2014	Wet Tropics
NRM Regions 2015	Wet Tropics
NRM Regions 2017	Wet Tropics
NRM Regions 2017 (Qld 2019)	Wet Tropics
Stubble practice - dominant (area)	Stubble ploughed in
Stubble practice - dominant (number)	Stubble ploughed in
Tillage practice - dominant (area)	1-2 cultivations
Tillage practice - dominant (number)	1-2 cultivations
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	Wet Tropics
Biodiversity
Freshwater Ecoregions of the World	Arafura - Carpentaria
IBRA 6 Regions	Wet Tropics
IBRA 6 Sub Regions	Bellenden Ker - Lamb
IBRA 7 Regions	Wet Tropics
IBRA 7 Subregions	Bellenden Ker-Lamb
Terrestrial Ecoregional Boundaries	Queensland Tropical Rain Forests
World Anthropogenic Biomes (2000)	Remote woodlands
Climate
Agroclimatic classification of Australia	Moisture and temperature regime supports growth for 8��9 months of the year, with a 3��4 month dry season
Koppen Climate Classification (All Classes)	Subtropical: no dry season
Koppen Climate Classification (Major Classes)	Subtropical
Fire
Fire regime niches	Rainforest (tropical)
Hydrology
Drainage Divisions Level 1	North East Coast
Drainage Divisions Level 2	JOHNSTONE RIVER
River Regions	JOHNSTONE RIVER
Marine
Marine Ecoregions of the World	Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef
States including coastal waters	Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	Queensland
Australian States and Territories	Queensland
Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries	Kennedy
Indigenous Land Use Agreements	Ma:Mu Tablelands Regional Council Area ILUA
Local Government Areas 2011	Tablelands (R)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Eacham
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	TABLELANDS REGIONAL
National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes	Mamu People
Native Title Determinations (13/7/2020)	Mamu People QCD2013/005
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	0
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	390
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF QLD
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	WOOROONOORAN
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	INNISFAIL - CASSOWARY COAST
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	CAIRNS
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2016)	KENNEDY
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	KENNEDY
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	CAIRNS - SOUTHERN HINTERLANDS
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	CAIRNS - SOUTHERN HINTERLANDS
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	CAIRNS - ATHERTON
PSMA Localities (2018)	WOOROONOORAN
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Outer Regional Australia
PSMA Section of State (2016)	RURAL BALANCE
PSMA Section of State Range (2016)	REMAINDER OF STATE/TERRITORY
PSMA Significant Urban Area (2016)	NOT IN ANY SIGNIFICANT URBAN AREA (QLD)
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2016)	DALRYMPLE
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	HILL
PSMA States (2016)	QUEENSLAND
PSMA Urban Centre and Locality (2016)	REMAINDER OF STATE/TERRITORY (QLD)
Statistical Local Areas	Tablelands (R) - Eacham
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Substrate
Geological Regions of Australia	Cairns Region
Surface Geology of Australia	Pgtl
Topography
Physiographic Provinces of Australia	Peninsular Uplands Province
Physiographic Regions 2011	Atherton Tableland
Vegetation
Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0	Indigenous co-managed, Native forest
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Other native forest
Forests of Australia 2018B	Rainforest
IGBP Land Cover vegetation classification scheme (2011)	Evergreen broadleaf forest
Land cover	Native forests and woodlands
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups	Rainforests and Vine Thickets
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Warm Temperate Rainforest
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Unresolved Tenure
Vegetation - condition	Residual
Vegetation types - native	Rainforests and vine thickets
Vegetation types - present	Rainforest and vine thickets

Environmental sampling for this location

Area Management
Natural resource management expenditure	4148781.0 $
Biodiversity
Acacia – Miller et al 2012 - 0.5 degree	0.3801
Amphibians (global) – Pyron & Wiens 2011 - 0.5 degree	4.5462
Endemism	0.046743207
Endemism (Non-marine)	0.05488428
Mammals – Fritz et al 2009 - 0.5 degree	0.2691
Migratory species (2008)	6.0 frequency
Occurrence Density	5156.0 frequency
Shannon Diversity (H)	6.234433 index
Species Richness	1249.0 frequency
Threatened communities (2008)	0.0 frequency
Threatened species (2008)	12.0 frequency
Climate
2030A1BMk35M: Aridity index - annual mean	1.3929975
2030A1BMk35M: Evaporation - month min	89.46 mm
2030A1BMk35M: Precipitation - annual mean	186.0775 mm
2030A1BMk35M: Precipitation - driest month	51.29 mm
2030A1BMk35M: Precipitation - equinox seasonality ratio	0.26647913
2030A1BMk35M: Precipitation - spring or autumn season	-2.740008
2030A1BMk35M: Temperature - annual max mean	26.944166 degrees C
2030A1BMk35M: Temperature - annual min mean	17.2925 degrees C
2030A1BMk35M: Temperature - annual range	17.850006 degrees C
Aridity index - annual mean	1.9167976
Aridity index - month max	4.093586
Aridity index - month min	0.3842737
Evaporation - annual mean	131.49033 (ml/5km x 5km pixel)
Evaporation - average	35486.0 ml
Evaporation - month max	183.18492 mm
Evaporation - month min	86.054695 mm
Evaporation - variability	5.0 %
Growth index C3 macrotherm plants - annual mean	0.53 index
Growth index C3 mesotherm plants - annual mean	0.78 index
Growth index C4 megatherm plants - annual mean	0.4 index
Humidity - annual mean relative	85.331924 %
Humidity - annual mean relative 3pm	74.49655 %
Humidity - month max relative	92.50694 %
Humidity - month max relative 3pm	79.02551 %
Humidity - month min relative	67.968445 %
Humidity - month min relative 3pm	67.968445 %
Precipitation - annual	2544.0 mm
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	2354.0 mm
Precipitation - annual mean	237.49802 mm
Precipitation - annual seasonality	0.7857349
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	260.0 mm
Precipitation - driest month	67.1401 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	12.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	191.0 mm
Precipitation - equinox seasonality ratio	0.23737271
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	70.0 mm
Precipitation - spring or autumn season	-3.200676
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	945.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest month	538.74396 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	110.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	1200.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	18.3 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	19.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	20.9 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual max mean	25.793333 degrees C
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	21.3 degrees C
Temperature - annual min mean	15.994167 degrees C
Temperature - annual range	17.266174 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	18.0 degrees C
Temperature - coldest month min	11.58 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	11.8 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	17.3 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	9.6 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	19.7 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.53 %
Temperature - month hottest maximum	29.29 degrees C
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	0.97
Temperature - warmest month min	19.82 degrees C
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	29.8 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	24.5 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	23.9 degrees C
Wind run - annual mean	146.33618 km/day
WorldClim: Precipitation - annual	2679.0 mm
WorldClim: Precipitation - coldest quarter	273.0 mm
WorldClim: Precipitation - driest month	67.0 mm
WorldClim: Precipitation - driest quarter	204.0 mm
WorldClim: Precipitation - seasonality	75.0
WorldClim: Precipitation - warmest quarter	1103.0 mm
WorldClim: Precipitation - wettest month	543.0 mm
WorldClim: Precipitation - wettest quarter	1451.0 mm
WorldClim: Temperature - annual mean	212.0 degrees C * 10
WorldClim: Temperature - annual range	180.0 degrees C * 10
WorldClim: Temperature - coldest month min	114.0 degrees C * 10
WorldClim: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	172.0 degrees C * 10
WorldClim: Temperature - diurnal range mean	100.0 degrees C * 10
WorldClim: Temperature - driest quarter mean	197.0 degrees C * 10
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	55.0 %
WorldClim: Temperature - seasonality	2768.0 standard deviation (degrees C * 10) * 100
WorldClim: Temperature - warmest month max	294.0 degrees C * 10
WorldClim: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	242.0 degrees C * 10
WorldClim: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	239.0 degrees C * 10
Distance
Distance - to any water (weighted)	0.0 degrees
Distance - to coast	0.3847077 km x 100
Distance - to non-permanent water (weighted)	0.0 degrees
Distance - to permanent water (weighted)	0.049999997 km
Euclidean Distance to Coast (metres)	33946.355 m
Remoteness index	5.7408695
Hydrology
Drainage - average	5226.0 megalitres/5x5km/year
Drainage - variability	38.0 %
Runoff - average	25863.0 megalitres/5x5km/year
Water Observations From Space	0.0 Percentage
Marine
Great Barrier Reef 100m DEM	573.58 m
Social
Population - density SLA 2006 p/sqkm)	5.051805 people/km^2
Substrate
2030A1BMk35M: Water stress index - month max	81.0
ASRIS 0-1m Plant Available Water Capacity (250m raster)	62.0 mm
ASRIS 0-30cm Bulk Density (250m raster)	1.46 Mg/m3
ASRIS 0-30cm Clay Content (250m raster)	36.0 %
Bulk density	1.1524955 Mg/m^3
Carbon - organic	3.7438807 %
Clay %	59.779175 %
Hydrologic conductivity - average saturated	128.57143 mm/h
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.9
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	1.0
Nutrient status	2.4 index
Ph - soil	4.0 ph
Soil depth	1.4 m
Soil pedality	4.01912
Water holding capacity	44000.0 mm
Water stress index - month max	81.0
Weathering Intensity V2	1.42036 Weathering Intensity Index
Topography
Aspect	49.0 degrees
Averaged Topographic Relief	552.8333 metres
Bathymetry and Elvation 9 sec	547.0 m
Elevation	481.0 m
Topographic Slope (degrees)	9.717562 degrees
Topographic relief	89.77972 m
Topographic slope (%)	4.899542 %
Vegetation
Enhanced Vegetation Index (2012-03-05)	0.5221 EVI
Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fPAR)	47.0 %
Gross Primary Productivity (2012-03-13)	0.0027 kg C/m^2
Leaf Area Index (LAI) - 2012-03-05	1.2 m^2 plant / m^2 ground
NDVI Mean	84.0 NDVI x 100
NPP Mean	18.0 tonnes/ha/yr
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (2012-03-05)	0.8753 NDVI

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value
Classification	Scientific name	Carphodactylus laevis	Carphodactylus laevis
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:065f1da4-53cd-40b8-a396-80fa5c74dedd
	Family id		urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6c128d81-2726-4332-b4ed-fd4b1b1d21e4
	Taxon concept ID		urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3396da80-2e96-4691-afc0-7598e0f94bff
	Order	Squamata	Squamata
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3396da80-2e96-4691-afc0-7598e0f94bff
	Genus	Carphodactylus	Carphodactylus
	Left		182633
	Scientific name authorship	Günther, 1897	Günther, 1897
	Taxon rank		species
	Genus id		urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d6cd175d-dc65-4c94-81f1-8f5a3d985cfa
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name	Chameleon Gecko	Chameleon Gecko
	Order id		urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ce3a5d30-60ec-4e53-9803-b514b88ddbca
	Right		182633
	Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
	Specific epithet	laevis
	Class id		urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:682e1228-5b3c-45ff-833b-550efd40c399
	Phylum	Chordata	Chordata
	Class	Reptilia	Reptilia
	Species		Carphodactylus laevis
	Family	Carphodactylidae	Carphodactylidae
	Kingdom id		urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Year		1995
	Month		3
	Date precision		DAY
	Day		15
	Event date	1995-03-15	1995-03-15
Occurrence	Individual count	1	1
	Catalog number	J62056
	Occurrence status		PRESENT
	Basis of record	Preserved specimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Modified	22 Sep 2018	2018-09-22
	Outlier for layers		[el887]
	Collection code	Herpetology
	Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM.Herpetology:J62056
	Preparations	Spirit
	Institution code	QM
	Associated media	None
	Recorded by	urn:qm.qld.gov.au:collector:67	urn:qm.qld.gov.au:collector:67
	Other catalog numbers	1960332
Attribution	Data resource		Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
	Collection		Queensland Museum Amphibians and Reptiles
	License		CC-BY
	Data provider uid		dp20
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr344	dr344
	Institution ID		in15
	Data partner		OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
	Institution		Queensland Museum
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co153
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-17.575	-17.575
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Locality	Palmerston NP	Palmerston NP
	Decimal longitude	145.691667	145.691667
	State province	Queensland	Queensland
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	500	500.0
	Lga	Tablelands (R)
	Marine	false	false
	Country code		AU
	Geodetic datum		EPSG:4326
	Coordinate precision	0.01667	0.01667

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