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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R1122

Preserved specimen of Simalia Gray, 1849
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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 R1122
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:122488"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations HEAD ONLY
Collector Tindale, B. Norman  
Supplied as "Tindale, Norman B"
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:63939
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Simalia
Supplied scientific name "Simalia amethistina (Schneider, 1801)"
Identified to rank genus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Pythonidae
Genus Simalia
Species Simalia amethistina
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Gray, 1849
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -14.73
Supplied as: "-14.73"
Longitude 134.73
Supplied as: "134.73"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality ROPER RIVER
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 14 44 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 134 44 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial South-East Arnhem Land
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial South-East Arnhem Land
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Gulf Fall and Uplands
    IBRA 7 Regions Gulf Fall and Uplands
    IBRA 7 Subregions McArthur
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ROPER 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 Roper Gulf (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Yugal Mangi
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ROPER GULF REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 980
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1079
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GULF
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) NGUKURR
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) NGUKURR
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARNHEM
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    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 Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 888.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 120.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 289.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 58.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 634.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 13.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.56 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.06
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 39.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 31.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.833334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.39
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.97
    Elevation 27.0 m