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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.93004

Preserved specimen of Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875) | Tessellated Gecko recorded on 1979-01-07
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number R.93004
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2149737","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.93004"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.93004
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Sadlier, Dr Ross Allen - Australian Museum - Herpetology  
Collector S.R. Morton And J.Warner
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]
Date identified 1990
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2029600
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1979-01-07
Sampling protocol COL  
End day of year 7
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 7

Taxonomy

Scientific name Diplodactylus tessellatus
Supplied scientific name "Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Tessellated Gecko
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Diplodactylidae
Supplied as "Gekkonidae"
Genus Diplodactylus
Species Diplodactylus tessellatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875)
Scientific name authorship (Günther, 1875)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Günther, 1875)
Verbatim taxon rank 1

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -24.05
Supplied as: "-24.05"
Longitude 138.966
Supplied as: "138.966"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 10 Km East of Sandringham Stn. Hstead.55 Km Nw of Bedourie
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, 10 Km East of Sandringham Stn. Hstead.55 Km Nw of Bedourie (24° 03' S, 138° 58' E) 07/01/1979 - 07/01/1979, S.R. Morton And J.Warner(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 24° 3' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138° 58' E

Additional properties

Class Reptilia
dcterms:modified 2012/6/28
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2012/6/28
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Channel Country
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Sturt Stony Desert
    NRM Regions 2010 Desert Channels
    NRM Regions 2017 Desert Channels
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Desert Channels
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Channel Country
    IBRA 7 Regions Channel Country
    IBRA 7 Subregions Sturt Stony Desert
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Lake Eyre Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DIAMANTINA-GEORGINA RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Diamantina (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Diamantina
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DIAMANTINA SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 265
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR CENTRAL WEST
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - SOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MARANOA
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BOULIA - DIAMANTINA - WINTON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) DIAMANTINA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MOUNT ISA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MOUNT ISA
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Diamantina
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Grasslands, Herblands, Sedgelands and Rushlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Wet tussock grassland with herbs, sedges or rushes, herblands or ferns
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Chenopod shrubs,samphire shrublands and forblands
    Vegetation types - present Chenopod shrublands, samphire shrubs and forblands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 182.0 frequency
    Species Richness 72.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 200.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 68.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 98.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 99.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 23.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 32.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 16.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.06
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 39.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 31.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 31.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 191.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 29.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 5.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 24.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 60.780346 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 87.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 40.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 89.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.066666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 31.599998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 7.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 15.716666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 14.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 21.016666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 46.99367 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 628.4227
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 38.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 31.15 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 30.6 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.06
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.09
    Elevation 86.0 m