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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.193639.002

Preserved specimen of Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) | Green Turtle recorded on 2025-08-30
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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.193639.002
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10611064,urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.193639.002"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector & Taronga Conservation Society Australia
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Pathology sample
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Pathology sample]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Country conservation Vulnerable
State conservation Vulnerable

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10092485
Occurrence date 2025-08-30
Supplied date "2025-08-30/2025-08-30"
Sampling protocol Pathology sample  
End day of year 242
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 242

Taxonomy

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -32.77889
Supplied as: "-32.77889"
Longitude 152.08583
Supplied as: "152.08583"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Anna Bay
Location remarks Australia, New South Wales, Anna Bay (32° 46' 44" S, 152° 05' 09" E) 30/08/2025 - 30/08/2025, Taronga Registry of Health(Collector and donor), Taronga Conservation Society Australia(Collector and donor), Pathology sample, Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32° 46' 44" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 152° 05' 09" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID b01fcceb-52b4-4b7e-8e99-4111695a61c9
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Coordinates -32.77889,152.08583
    Related records
    Record UUID d2163154-7e8b-4cff-ad1f-349e82caaa33
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Coordinates -32.77889,152.08583

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER Hunter Valley GER Hunter Valley
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) NSW North Coast
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Karuah Manning
    NRM Regions 2010 Hunter-Central Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Hunter
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Hunter
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Hunter
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Karuah Manning
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KARUAH RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Port Stephens
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Port Stephens - Surrounds
    Indigenous Regions 2021 NSW Central and North Coast
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Paterson
    Electorates March 2025 Paterson
    Local Government Areas 2011 Port Stephens (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Port Stephens
    Local Government Areas 2023 Port Stephens
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PORT STEPHENS COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Hunter
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 26
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3337
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ANNA BAY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) PORT STEPHENS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HUNTER VALLEY EXC NEWCASTLE
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) PATERSON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) PORT STEPHENS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) PORT STEPHENS - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NSW CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Port Stephens
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Anna Bay
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NSW
    Postal Areas 2021 2316
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 New South Wales
    Statistical Areas Level 1 10603111913
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Anna Bay
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Port Stephens
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Hunter Valley exc Newcastle
    Tourism Regions 2021 Hunter
    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 open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 70708.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2598.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1291.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 301.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 225.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 320.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 39.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 434.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 34.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.24
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 18.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1299.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 340.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 72.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 244.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 24.887861 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 293.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 153.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 424.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.958334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 18.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 7.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 13.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.766666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 15.583334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 46.88057 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 373.26465
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 26.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 22.333334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 16.15 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.8
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 17.0 m