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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.141629

Preserved specimen of Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) | Leathery Turtle recorded on 1993-04-07
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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.141629
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2043149","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.141629"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.141629
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Sadlier, Dr Ross Allen - Australian Museum - Herpetology  
Identified date 1993
Collector Tarvey, Lance  
Supplied as "Tarvey, Lance"
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Country conservation Endangered
State conservation New South Wales: Endangered
Supplied as Endangered
Date identified 1993
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2040000
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1993-04-07
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -28.87499
Supplied as: "-28.87499"
Longitude 153.58971
Supplied as: "153.58971"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Ballina, Lighthouse Beach, 80 M From Breakwall
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Ballina, Lighthouse Beach, 80 M From Breakwall (28° 52' 30" S, 153° 35' 23" E) 07/04/1993 - 07/04/1993, Tarvey, Lance(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 28° 52' 30" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 35' 23" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/7/1
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/7/1
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 10m-100m

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 0905df14-b91a-4287-b936-d282422e4bd6
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
    Coordinates -28.87499,153.58971
    Related records
    Record UUID d380dd59-aa60-40e1-a388-58f4e7fa3586
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
    Coordinates -28.87499,153.58971
    Record UUID 25b4044c-0572-42d0-89b8-bf8967841a1e
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
    Coordinates -28.87499,153.58971
    Record UUID 8806e443-4096-44da-9101-919602265d85
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
    Coordinates -28.87499,153.58971
    Record UUID 8237b522-d383-490f-886b-6156aa3578a7
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
    Coordinates -28.87499,153.58971
    Record UUID 2536d9db-0291-43d3-95bf-fb87b6a97fb5
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
    Coordinates -28.87499,153.58971
    Record UUID d2aead92-21ca-477c-a967-7d278b887f4f
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
    Coordinates -28.87499,153.58971

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Moreton Bay
    GER Border Ranges GER Border Ranges
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 North Coast
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North Coast
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Tweed-Moreton
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 RICHMOND RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BALLINA SHIRE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions North Coast
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BALLINA
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1743.4 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 338.8 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 207.2 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 39.4 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 534.8 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 53.2 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 635.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 28.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.58 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 19.68 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.12 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 9.14 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 15.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.28 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.46 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.488 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.148
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.24 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.68 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 22.04 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 19.904167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.884
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 26.0 m