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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.142847

Preserved specimen of Tiliqua occipitalis (Peters, 1863) | Western Blue-tongue recorded on 1979-03-18
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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.142847
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2044466","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.142847"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.142847
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Ehmann, H  
Collector , Aahs  
Supplied as "Aahs (Per H. Ehmann)"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2029995
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1979-03-18
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tiliqua occipitalis
Supplied scientific name "Tiliqua occipitalis (Peters, 1863)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Western Blue-tongue
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Scincidae
Genus Tiliqua
Species Tiliqua occipitalis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Tiliqua occipitalis (Peters, 1863)
Scientific name authorship (Peters, 1863)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Peters, 1863)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -32.883
Supplied as: "-32.883"
Longitude 137.333
Supplied as: "137.333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Between Whyalla and Iron Knob
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, South Australia, Between Whyalla and Iron Knob (32° 53' S, 137° 20' E) 18/03/1979 - 18/03/1979, Aahs (Per H. Ehmann)(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32° 53' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 137° 20' E

Additional properties

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

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South Australian Arid Lands
    NRM Regions 2017 South Australian Arid Lands
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Australian Arid Lands
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Gawler
    IBRA 7 Regions Gawler
    IBRA 7 Subregions Myall Plains
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SPENCER GULF
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Cultana Expansion Area ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Unincorporated SA
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Unincorp. Whyalla
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PASTORAL UNINCORPORATED AREA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 21
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1045
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) QUORN - LAKE GILLES
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - NORTH AND EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WHYALLA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) WHYALLA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PORT AUGUSTA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GILES
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH 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 Acacia Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Acacia (+/- low) open woodlands and sparse shrublands with chenopods
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Acacia forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Acacia forests and woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 249.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 72.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 44.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 49.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 78.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 36.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 25.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.61
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 15.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.025 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.16
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.32
    Elevation 91.0 m