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Occurrence record: REPT:R156754

Preserved specimen of Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) | Leathery Turtle
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
Supplied collection code "REPT"
Catalog number R156754
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:REPT:R156754
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Stomach Contents
Identified by PRINCE, R.I.T.  
Identified date 1/1/2005
Collector Prince, R.I.T.  
Supplied as "PRINCE,R.I.T."
Sex Male
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Country conservation Endangered
Data generalizations Record is Vulnerable in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.
State conservation Western Australia: Vulnerable
Date identified 2005-01-01
Supplied as 1/1/2005

Event

Verbatim event date 4/4/2005
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Dermochelys coriacea
Identified to rank species
Common name Leathery Turtle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Supplied as "Animalia"
Class Reptilia
Order Testudines
Family Dermochelyidae
Genus Dermochelys
Species Dermochelys coriacea
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Vandelli, 1761)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -31.5
Supplied as: "-31.5"
Longitude 115.6
Supplied as: "115.6"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Coordinates generalised Due to sensitivity concerns, the coordinates of this record have been generalised: "Record is Vulnerable in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.".
Municipality TWO ROCKS
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Perth
    NRM Regions 2017 Swan Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Swan Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Swan Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Swan Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Perth
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SWAN COAST-AVON RIVER
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions South-West
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Wanneroo (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Wanneroo
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF WANNEROO
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 24
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1220
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER PERTH
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TWO ROCKS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WANNEROO
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) PERTH - NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) PEARCE
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) YANCHEP - TWO ROCKS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) YANCHEP - TWO ROCKS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PERTH
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BUTLER, NM
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Other grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Other grasslands,herblands, sedgelands and rushlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 693.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 365.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 35.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 85.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 42.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 390.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 37.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 14.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.3
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.541666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.49
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 32.0 m