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Occurrence record: Reptile:R03556

Preserved specimen of Varanus scalaris Mertens, 1941 | Spotted Tree Monitor recorded on 1977-07-25
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Reptile Collection
Supplied collection code "Reptile"
Catalog number R03556
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R03556
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by R.W. Wells  
Identified date 1977
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 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1977

Event

Occurrence date 1977-07-25
Supplied as year:1977  month:7  day:25 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Varanus scalaris
Identified to rank species
Common name Spotted Tree Monitor
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Supplied as "Sauria"
Family Varanidae
Genus Varanus
Species Varanus scalaris
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Mertens, 1941
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality Winnellie, Darwin
Latitude -12.467
Supplied as: "-12.467"
Longitude 130.833
Supplied as: "130.833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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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 6c0350fc-4e3f-4dc1-af07-d16c9b6f09c9
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Varanus scalaris
    Coordinates -12.467,130.833
    Related records
    Record UUID aaeb742f-4e3b-457a-84e0-e30868fc08f6
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Varanus scalaris
    Coordinates -12.467,130.833

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Darwin
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Anson Beagle
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PORT DARWIN

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1715.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 7.2 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 111.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 441.6 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 111.8 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1155.4 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 8.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.26 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 19.24 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.42 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.61 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.5
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.24 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.3 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 20.0 m