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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.49709

Preserved specimen of Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost, 1895 | Pygmy Desert Monitor recorded on 1975-10-25
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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.49709
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2103494","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.49709"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.49709
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector 1.  Cogger   2.  Webber  
Supplied as "Cogger And Webber"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2024573
Occurrence date 1975-10-25
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Varanus eremius
Supplied scientific name "Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost, 1895"
Identified to rank species
Common name Pygmy Desert Monitor
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Varanidae
Genus Varanus
Species Varanus eremius
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost, 1895
Scientific name authorship Lucas & Frost, 1895
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Lucas & Frost, 1895

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -27.716
Supplied as: "-27.716"
Longitude 125.816
Supplied as: "125.816"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 38.1 miles N.Neale Junction
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Western Australia, 38.1 miles N.Neale Junction (27° 43' S, 125° 49' E) 25/10/1975 - 25/10/1975, Cogger And Webber(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 27° 43' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 125° 49' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/7/1
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/7/1
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Great Victoria Desert
    IBRA 7 Regions Great Victoria Desert
    IBRA 7 Subregions Central
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SALT LAKE
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Deserts
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Ngaanyatjarra Lands Indigenous Land Use Agreement (Body Corporate Agreement) No.1
    Local Government Areas 2011 Laverton (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Laverton
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF LAVERTON
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Ngaanyatjarra Lands (Part A)
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 965
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1206
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) LEINSTER - LEONORA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GOLDFIELDS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) LAVERTON - NGAANYATJARRAKU
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LAVERTON - NGAANYATJARRAKU - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KALGOORLIE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MINING AND PASTORAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Hummock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Hummock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Acacia shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Acacia shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 219.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 38.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 26.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 49.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 84.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 85.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 28.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 21.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 33.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 15.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.01
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 20.870832 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 46.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.08
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.12
    Elevation 405.0 m