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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.7631

Preserved specimen of Tiliqua occipitalis (Peters, 1863) | Western Blue-tongue recorded on 1921-12-14
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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.7631
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2131921","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.7631"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.7631
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Hull  
Supplied as "Hull,Grant And Wright"
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2009967
Occurrence date 1921-12-14
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tiliqua occipitalis
Supplied scientific name "Tiliqua occipitalis (Peters, 1863)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Western Blue-tongue
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Scincidae
Genus Tiliqua
Species Tiliqua occipitalis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Tiliqua occipitalis (Peters, 1863)
Scientific name authorship (Peters, 1863)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Peters, 1863)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -33.866
Supplied as: "-33.866"
Longitude 121.9
Supplied as: "121.9"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Esperance
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Western Australia, Esperance (33° 52' S, 121° 54' E) 14/12/1921 - 14/12/1921, Hull,Grant And Wright(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 52' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 121° 54' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/7/13
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 7b36a9e3-66bb-44b1-ad17-1e51c0da2e95
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tiliqua occipitalis (Peters, 1863)
    Coordinates -33.866,121.9
    Related records
    Record UUID e33b4637-1126-44b5-b489-c2a102274f43
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tiliqua occipitalis (Peters, 1863)
    Coordinates -33.866,121.9

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Recherche Archipelago
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions WA South Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF ESPERANCE
    Vegetation
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 619.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 269.33334 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 68.333336 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 75.666664 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 24.666666 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 271.33334 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 40.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.633333 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.5666666 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.833333 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.133333 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.933332 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5466667 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0533333
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.166668 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.566668 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.033334 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.47
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.94
    Elevation 9.0 m