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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.44783

Preserved specimen of Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876) | Short-limbed Snake-skink recorded on 1976-04-21
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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.44783
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2098293","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.44783"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.44783
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by A. Greer & H. Cogger  
Identified date 1985
Collector 1.  Greer, A.E.   2.  The Australian Museum  
Supplied as "Greer, A. E. - The Australian Museum"
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
Date identified 1985
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "Y";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2025514
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "Y";
Occurrence date 1976-04-21
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophioscincus truncatus
Supplied scientific name "Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Short-limbed Snake-skink
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Scincidae
Genus Ophioscincus
Species Ophioscincus truncatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)
Scientific name authorship (Peters, 1876)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Peters, 1876)
Verbatim taxon rank 1

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -28.633
Supplied as: "-28.633"
Longitude 153.316
Supplied as: "153.316"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Big Scrub Flora Reserve, Whian Whian State Forest
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Big Scrub Flora Reserve, Whian Whian State Forest (28° 38' S, 153° 19' E) 21/04/1976 - 21/04/1976, Greer, A. E. - The Australian Museum(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 28° 38' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 19' E

Additional properties

Class Reptilia
dcterms:modified 2012/6/27
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2012/6/27
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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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 01177d9b-3e2c-4a93-9f0a-e431cc6e7e34
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)
    Coordinates -28.633,153.316
    Related records
    Record UUID f9147234-4763-4566-bac6-63ee2909d3b6
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)
    Coordinates -28.633,153.316
    Record UUID 1737a43d-ebcd-4a80-9f06-a420b9b9db19
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)
    Coordinates -28.633,153.316
    Record UUID 25ae1cbe-643f-4364-855c-ba28846bcbcd
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)
    Coordinates -28.633,153.316
    Record UUID 2edb2c30-36ee-4333-8c2b-8e69a6c8c07f
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)
    Coordinates -28.633,153.316
    Record UUID 1d2f06ca-5006-4df9-960b-5a62758f7dd9
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)
    Coordinates -28.633,153.316
    Record UUID 2f0e880d-eae7-4617-9d06-39bdf80227a1
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)
    Coordinates -28.633,153.316
    Record UUID 40180e4e-cb85-44da-a05d-7a78c4b4d730
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)
    Coordinates -28.633,153.316
    Record UUID dbb01f43-d9dd-4ec1-84c2-92a5cf93015e
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)
    Coordinates -28.633,153.316
    Record UUID 022b5b05-e294-4208-9938-8f7bf8ae5e86
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)
    Coordinates -28.633,153.316
    Record UUID 247ae1a0-20ad-4ab0-81d8-1f62e3926186
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)
    Coordinates -28.633,153.316

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER Border Ranges GER Border Ranges
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Corangamite
    NRM Regions 2017 Corangamite
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Corangamite
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Otway Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BARWON RIVER-LAKE CORANGAMITE
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Queenscliffe (B)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Queenscliffe
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 QUEENSCLIFFE BOROUGH
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Hunter
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 27
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2415
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) POINT LONSDALE - QUEENSCLIFF
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SURF COAST - BELLARINE PENINSULA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) GEELONG
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) CORANGAMITE
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GEELONG - QUEENSCLIFF
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GEELONG - QUEENSCLIFF
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN VICTORIA
    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 open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 639.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 186.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 115.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 115.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 195.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 46.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.07
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.470834 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.61
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.95
    Elevation 120.0 m