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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R25667

Preserved specimen of Morethia adelaidensis Peters, 1874 | Saltbush Morethia Skink recorded on 1984-04-14
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number R25667
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:90384"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector NULLARBOR SURVEY NPWS  
Supplied as "NULLARBOR SURVEY NPWS"
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
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Dataset / Survey name [NULLARBOR SURVEY]

Event

Dataset / Survey name NULLARBOR SURVEY  
Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:61588
Occurrence date 1984-04-14
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Morethia adelaidensis
Supplied scientific name "Morethia adelaidensis Peters, 1874"
Identified to rank species
Common name Saltbush Morethia Skink
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Scincidae
Genus Morethia
Species Morethia adelaidensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Peters, 1874
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -31.1069
Supplied as: "-31.1069"
Longitude 130.8778
Supplied as: "130.8778"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality N OF NULLARBOR H/S
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 31 06 25 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 130 52 40 E

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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 7e75d1d6-03bd-4d31-8342-b87b77470e49
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia adelaidensis Peters, 1874
    Coordinates -31.1069,130.8778
    Related records
    Record UUID fc0e1433-eee7-4fd2-8fc1-c1c90906f5e2
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia adelaidensis Peters, 1874
    Coordinates -31.1069,130.8778

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Nullarbor
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Nullarbor
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Highlands-Southern Fall
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 YARRA RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Far West Coast Native Title Settlement ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Manningham (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Manningham - East
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MANNINGHAM CITY
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Far West Coast
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 13
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1155
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WARRANDYTE - WONGA PARK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MANNINGHAM - EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - OUTER EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MENZIES
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - NORTH-EAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MANNINGHAM
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) EVELYN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    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 Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 788.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 211.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 146.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 152.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 19.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 231.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.33
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.3125 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.73
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 101.0 m