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Occurrence record: Herpetology:J32300

Preserved specimen of Varanus tristis (Schlegel, 1839) | Black-headed Monitor
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Amphibians and Reptiles
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number J32300
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J32300
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Varanus tristis
Identified to rank species
Common name Black-headed Monitor
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Varanidae
Genus Varanus
Species Varanus tristis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Schlegel, 1839)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Shute Harbour
Latitude -20.3
Supplied as: "-20.3"
Longitude 148.783333
Supplied as: "148.783333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 20° 18' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 148° 47' East

Additional properties

object id VE52705

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Central & North GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    NRM Regions 2010 Mackay Whitsunday
    NRM Regions 2017 Mackay Whitsunday
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Mackay Whitsunday
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Lucinda-Mackay Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WHITSUNDAY REGIONAL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WHITSUNDAY

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1673.6666 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 146.66667 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 106.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 75.666664 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 785.3333 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 90.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 867.3333 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.483334 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 20.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.616667 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.283333 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.066668 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.583334 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 18.966667 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.133333 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.583332 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.445 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0416666
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.666666 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.733334 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.216667 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.75166667
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0