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Occurrence record: Reptiles:R01370

Preserved specimen of Morethia adelaidensis Peters, 1874 | Saltbush Morethia Skink recorded on 1976-10-02
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
Institution code Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Supplied institution code "ANWC"
Collection Australian National Wildlife Collection
Supplied collection code "Reptiles"
Catalog number R01370
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Reptiles:R01370
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations body in spirit
Sex not recorded
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
Rights holder CSIRO
Establishment means wild location
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Bibliographic citation R01370
Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Dataset / Survey name [ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:4]

Event

Dataset / Survey name ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)  
Occurrence date 1976-10-02
Verbatim event date 02OCT1976
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Morethia adelaidensis
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 Western Australia
Locality SEEMORE DOWNS STATION, NULLARBOR PLAIN; ENDEVOUR MILL
Latitude -30.5667
Supplied as: "-30.5667"
Longitude 125.5
Supplied as: "125.5"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality SEEMORE DOWNS STATION, NULLARBOR PLAIN
Water body not applicable
Island not applicable
Island group not applicable
Location remarks confident in available location data
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 2000.0
County not applicable
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS not recorded; assume WGS84 for Australia

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty confident in available location data

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    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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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 6c83df4c-582b-4b4f-a6ac-0c6f325578de
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia adelaidensis
    Coordinates -30.5667,125.5
    Related records
    Record UUID 9a0e6d65-e179-42bb-a775-4bf0839f60e0
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia adelaidensis
    Coordinates -30.5667,125.5
    Record UUID f07bf791-12d4-4054-96af-ef860be4d8b4
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia adelaidensis
    Coordinates -30.5667,125.5

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Nullarbor
    IBRA 7 Regions Nullarbor
    IBRA 7 Subregions Nullarbor Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 NULLARBOR
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Deserts
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Kalgoorlie/Boulder (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Kalgoorlie/Boulder
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF KALGOORLIE-BOULDER
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 48
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 493
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KAMBALDA - COOLGARDIE - NORSEMAN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GOLDFIELDS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KALGOORLIE - DUNDAS - GOLDFIELDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) KALGOORLIE - DUNDAS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KALGOORLIE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MINING AND PASTORAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Chenopod Shrublands, Samphire Shrublands and Forblands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Saltbush and/or Bluebush shrublands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Chenopod shrubs,samphire shrublands and forblands
    Vegetation types - present Chenopod shrublands, samphire shrubs and forblands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 218.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 48.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 39.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 36.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 69.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 70.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 32.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 29.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 15.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.65
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 24.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 23.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 19.016666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.1
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.18
    Elevation 207.0 m