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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.28822

Preserved specimen of Nactus pelagicus (Girard, 1858) | Pelagic Gecko recorded on 1969-08-13
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Dataset

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.28822
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2081234","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.28822"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.28822
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector H. Cogger / Alpha Helix Exp.
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2017918
Occurrence date 1969-08-13
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Nactus pelagicus
Supplied scientific name "Nactus pelagicus (Girard, 1858)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Pelagic Gecko
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Gekkonidae
Genus Nactus
Species Nactus pelagicus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Nactus pelagicus (Girard, 1858)
Scientific name authorship (Girard, 1858)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Girard, 1858)

Geospatial

Country unknown or invalid
Supplied as "New Guinea"
Latitude -4.616
Supplied as: "-4.616"
Longitude 145.966
Supplied as: "145.966"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Karkar Island, Madang District
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "New Guinea, Karkar Island, Madang District (4° 37' S, 145° 58' E) 13/08/1969 - 13/08/1969, H. Cogger / Alpha Helix Exp.(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 4° 37' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code ZZ
Verbatim longitude 145° 58' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/7/13
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/7/13
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 10km-100km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Political
    World Country Boundaries Papua New Guinea

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 22.225 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 89.0 %