Occurrence record: Reptile:R00251

Preserved specimen of Varanus scalaris Mertens, 1941 | Spotted Tree Monitor recorded on 1973-10-01

API

Dataset

Data partner	OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource	Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code	Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection	Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Reptile Collection Supplied collection code "Reptile"
Catalog number	R00251
Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R00251
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations	whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by	G.F. Gow
License	CC-BY 4.0 (Au) Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder	Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language	en
Type	PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as present
Date identified	1973

Event

Occurrence date	1973-10-01 Supplied as year:1973 month:10 day:1
Date precision	DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Varanus scalaris
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Spotted Tree Monitor
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata Supplied as "Sauria"
Family	Varanidae
Genus	Varanus
Species	Varanus scalaris
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	Mertens, 1941
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Northern Territory Supplied as: "NT"
Locality	Howard Springs, Outer Darwin
Latitude	-12.45 Supplied as: "-12.45"
Longitude	131.05 Supplied as: "131.05"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Terrestrial	true
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid	Warning
First of the month	Warning
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Warning
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Warning
Identification date before occurrence date	Warning
Show/Hide 91 passed properties
Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	Passed
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Passed
Continent country mismatch	Passed
Continent derived from coordinates	Passed
CONTINENT_DERIVED_FROM_COUNTRY	Passed
Continent invalid	Passed
Coordinates centre of country	Passed
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Passed
Coordinate invalid	Passed
Coordinates are out of range for species	Passed
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Passed
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Passed
Coordinate reprojection suspicious	Passed
Coordinate rounded	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Passed
Country inferred from coordinates	Passed
Country invalid	Passed
Country mismatch	Passed
Different owner institution	Passed
First of the century	Passed
First of the year	Passed
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Passed
Identified date invalid	Passed
Identified date unlikely	Passed
Institution and Collection mismatch	Passed
Institution match fuzzy	Passed
Institution not matched	Passed
Interpretation error	Passed
Invalid scientific name	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing collection date	Passed
Missing geodetic datum	Passed
Modified date invalid	Passed
Modified date unlikely	Passed
Multimedia date invalid	Passed
Multimedia uri invalid	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from basis of record	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from individual count	Passed
Occurrence status unparsable	Passed
Latitude is negated	Passed
Longitude is negated	Passed
Presumed swapped coordinate	Passed
Recorded date invalid	Passed
Recorded date mismatch	Passed
Recorded date unlikely	Passed
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
Sensitivity report invalid	Passed
Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
Taxon confer species	Passed
Taxon default match	Passed
Taxon error	Passed
Taxon excluded	Passed
Taxon excluded associated	Passed
Taxon homonym	Passed
Taxon indeterminate species	Passed
Taxon match aggregate	Passed
Taxon match fuzzy	Passed
Taxon match higher rank	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_NAME_AND_ID_AMBIGUOUS	Passed
Taxon match none	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_IGNORED	Passed
Taxon misapplied	Passed
Taxon misapplied matched	Passed
Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
Taxon question species	Passed
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Passed
Taxon species plural	Passed
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
Uncertainty not specified	Passed
Supplied country not recognised	Passed
Kingdom not recognised	Passed
Unrecognized collection code	Passed
Unrecognized institution code	Passed
Supplied coordinates are zero	Passed
Biosecurity issue	Passed
Suspected outlier	Passed
Geospatial issue	Passed
Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
Taxon misidentified	Passed
Taxonomic issue	Passed
Temporal issue	Passed
Other issue	Passed
Duplicate record	Passed
Show/Hide 6 missing properties
Missing georeferenced by	Missing
Missing georeference protocol	Missing
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
Missing georeference date	Missing
Missing taxon rank	Missing
Show/Hide 22 tests that have not been run
Coordinate precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Elevation unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Type status invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
References uri invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count conflicts with occurrence status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)

Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
NRM Regions 2010	Northern Territory
NRM Regions 2017	Northern Territory
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	Northern Territory
Biodiversity
IBRA 6 Regions	Darwin Coastal
IBRA 7 Regions	Darwin Coastal
IBRA 7 Subregions	Darwin Coastal
Hydrology
Drainage Divisions Level 1	Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
Drainage Divisions Level 2	FINNISS RIVER
Marine
States including coastal waters	Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	Northern Territory
Australian States and Territories	Northern Territory
Local Government Areas 2011	Litchfield (M)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Litchfield - Pt A
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	LITCHFIELD MUNICIPALITY
National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes	Larrakia (Part A - consolidated proceeding)
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	92
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	2309
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	GREATER DARWIN
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	HOWARD SPRINGS
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	LITCHFIELD
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	DARWIN
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	LINGIARI
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	LITCHFIELD
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	HOWARD SPRINGS - GUNN POINT
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	DARWIN
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Outer Regional Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	NELSON
PSMA States (2016)	NORTHERN TERRITORY
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Vegetation
Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0	Non-Indigenous, Native forest
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Eucalypt Medium Woodland
Forests of Australia 2018B	Eucalypt Medium Open
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups	Eucalypt Open Forests
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Private Freehold
Vegetation types - native	Eucalypt open forests
Vegetation types - present	Eucalyptus open forest

Environmental sampling for this location

Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	1740.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	7.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	0.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	6.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	110.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	466.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	109.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	1163.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	21.1 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	8.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	22.8 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	27.5 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	17.1 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	17.5 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	24.8 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	10.2 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	24.9 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.6 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	0.58
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	34.5 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	29.3 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	28.3 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	27.220833 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	60.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.53
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	1.0
Elevation	17.0 m

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Varanus scalaris	Varanus scalaris
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/065f1da4-53cd-40b8-a396-80fa5c74dedd
	Family id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f0b9ceab-3466-4e65-a6ec-eb27810e9394
	Taxon concept ID		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e86a1e97-25ae-4bf4-8b81-b15df43b1871
	Order	Sauria	Squamata
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e86a1e97-25ae-4bf4-8b81-b15df43b1871
	Taxon identification issue	[FIRST_OF_MONTH, ID_PRE_OCCURRENCE]
	Genus	Varanus	Varanus
	Left		35388
	Scientific name authorship		Mertens, 1941
	Taxon rank		species
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/1a660acd-ef0f-4216-8860-51c669808247
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name		Spotted Tree Monitor
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ce3a5d30-60ec-4e53-9803-b514b88ddbca
	Right		35388
	Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
	Specific epithet	scalaris
	Class id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/682e1228-5b3c-45ff-833b-550efd40c399
	Phylum	Chordata	Chordata
	Class	Reptilia	Reptilia
	Species		Varanus scalaris
	Family	Varanidae	Varanidae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Year	1973	1973
	Month	10	10
	Date precision		DAY
	Day	1	1
	Event date		1973-10-01
Identification	Date identified	1973	1973
Identification	Identified by	[G.F. Gow]
Occurrence	Rights holder		Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
	Language	en
	Type		PhysicalObject
	Catalog number	R00251
	Occurrence status	present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	Preserved Specimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Modified	21/12/2020	2020-12-21
	Collection code	Reptile
	Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R00251
	Preparations	whole animal (ETOH)
	Institution code	MAGNT
Attribution	Data resource		Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
	Collection		Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Reptile Collection
	License	CC BY 4.0 AU	CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
	Data provider uid		dp20
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr343	dr343
	Institution ID		in17
	Data partner		OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
	Institution		Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co140
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-12.45	-12.45
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Locality	Howard Springs, Outer Darwin	Howard Springs, Outer Darwin
	Decimal longitude	131.05	131.05
	State province	NT	Northern Territory
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Lga	Litchfield (M)
	Marine	false	false
	Country code		AU
	Geodetic datum	not recorded	EPSG:4326

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Occurrence record: Reptile:R00251

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