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Occurrence record: REPT:R112058

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 Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
Supplied collection code "REPT"
Catalog number R112058
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:REPT:R112058
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet
Identified by PENDOLEY, K.  
Collector Pendoley, K.  
Supplied as "PENDOLEY,K."
Individual count 1
Life stage Juvenile
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [BY HAND]
Country conservation Vulnerable
Data generalizations Record is Vulnerable in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.
State conservation Vulnerable
Date identified 2003-01-01

Event

Sampling protocol BY HAND  
Verbatim event date 2003-01-18
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -20.3
Supplied as: "-20.3"
Longitude 115.6
Supplied as: "115.6"
Datum EPSG:4326
Island North West Island
Island group Montebello Islands
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Coordinates generalised Due to sensitivity concerns, the coordinates of this record have been generalised: "Record is Vulnerable in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.".
Municipality NORTH WEST ISLAND
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Montebello
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Montebello
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Montebello
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Pilbarra (offshore)
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Montebello Marine Park

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 35.0 frequency
    Species Richness 35.0 frequency