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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.19186

Preserved specimen of Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) | Green Turtle
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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.19186
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2071225","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.19186"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.19186
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Eggler, P  
Identified date 1992
Collector Cogger, G. Harold  
Supplied as "Cogger, Dr Harold G."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]
Country conservation Vulnerable
State conservation Queensland: Vulnerable
Supplied as V
Date identified 1992
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2006372
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Chelonia mydas
Supplied scientific name "Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Green Turtle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Testudines
Family Cheloniidae
Genus Chelonia
Species Chelonia mydas
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -23.45
Supplied as: "-23.45"
Longitude 151.916
Supplied as: "151.916"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Heron Is
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, Heron Is (23° 27' S, 151° 55' E), Cogger, Dr Hal(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 23° 27' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 55' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/7/13
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/7/13
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Keppel Islands & Capricorn Bunker Reefs, Souther GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Mackay-Capricorn
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLADSTONE REGIONAL
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