Search Specimens

OZCAM (Online Zoo-log-i-cal Col-lec-tions of Aus-tralian Muse-ums) pro-vides access to an online data-base of records aggre-gated from fau-nal col-lec-tions data-bases in Aus-tralian museums.

Occurrence record: Herpetology:J72748

Preserved specimen of Morelia spilota variegata Gray, 1842 | Murray/darling Carpet Python recorded on 1996-04-09
   API

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 J72748
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J72748
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by A Amey  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2016-09-07
Supplied as 07 Sep 2016

Event

Occurrence date 1996-04-09
Verbatim event date 09 Apr 1996
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Morelia spilota variegata
Supplied scientific name "Morelia spilota metcalfei"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Murray/darling Carpet Python
Supplied common name "Murray Darling Carpet Python"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Pythonidae
Genus Morelia
Species Morelia spilota
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet metcalfei
Subspecies Morelia spilota variegata
Scientific name authorship Gray, 1842
Supplied as Wells and Wellington, 1985
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Augathella Rd, 15 km from Charleville
Latitude -26.2819064
Supplied as: "-26.283333"
Longitude 146.3008773
Supplied as: "146.3"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 26° 17' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 18' East

Additional properties

object id VE116196

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH Warning
    Coordinates converted to WGS84 Warning
    Show/Hide 96 passed properties
    Show/Hide 5 missing properties
    Show/Hide 21 tests that have not been run

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Mulga Lands
    IBRA 7 Regions Mulga Lands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Warrego Plains
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Murweh (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Murweh
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MURWEH SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 7
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 546
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CHARLEVILLE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - SOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MARANOA
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MURWEH
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MURWEH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOOWOOMBA - ROMA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WARREGO
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    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 Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 448.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 71.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 63.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 45.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 177.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 178.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 26.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 21.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 31.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.03
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 35.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 21.0 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.2
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.3
    Elevation 306.0 m