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Occurrence record: REPT:R179871

Preserved specimen of Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) | Hawksbill Turtle
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Dataset

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 R179871
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:REPT:R179871
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry
Identified by Doughty, P.  
Identified date 1/1/2020
Collector Glac, S.  
Supplied as "Glac, S."
Individual count 1
Life stage Adult
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Pickup]
Country conservation Vulnerable
Data generalizations Record is Vulnerable in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.
State conservation Western Australia: Vulnerable
Date identified 2020-01-01
Supplied as 1/1/2020

Event

Sampling protocol Pickup  
Verbatim event date 18/9/2020
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED
Event time 1800

Taxonomy

Scientific name Eretmochelys imbricata
Identified to rank species
Common name Hawksbill Turtle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Supplied as "Animalia"
Class Reptilia
Order Testudines
Family Cheloniidae
Genus Eretmochelys
Species Eretmochelys imbricata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1766)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -20.5
Supplied as: "-20.5"
Longitude 116.6
Supplied as: "116.6"
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 Rosemary Island
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Pilbarra (nearshore)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF KARRATHA
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Ngarluma/Yindjibarndi

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Topography
    Elevation 29.0 m