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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.10987

Preserved specimen of Rankinia diemensis (Gray, 1841) | Mountain Heath Dragon recorded on 1931-11-14
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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.10987
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2010471","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.10987"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.10987
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Shea, G  
Identified date 1999
Collector Harvard  
Supplied as "Mus.Comp.Zool,Harvard"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1999
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2010081
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1931-11-14
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Rankinia diemensis
Supplied scientific name "Rankinia diemensis (Gray, 1841)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Mountain Heath Dragon
Supplied common name "Mountain Dragon"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Agamidae
Genus Rankinia
Species Rankinia diemensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Rankinia diemensis (Gray, 1841)
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1841)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Gray, 1841)
Verbatim taxon rank 1

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -36.45
Supplied as: "-36.45"
Longitude 148.266
Supplied as: "148.266"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Mt.Kosciusko,5400ft.
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Mt.Kosciusko,5400ft. (36° 27' S, 148° 16' E) 14/11/1931 - 14/11/1931, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 36° 27' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 148° 16' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/7/13
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/7/13
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Kosciuszko
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Kosciuszko
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Murray
    NRM Regions 2017 South East NSW
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East NSW
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Australian Alps
    IBRA 7 Regions Australian Alps
    IBRA 7 Subregions Snowy Mountains
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SNOWY RIVER
    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
    Local Government Areas 2011 Tumbarumba (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Tumbarumba
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SNOWY MONARO REGIONAL COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions South East
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 6
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 795
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TUMBARUMBA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) TUMUT - TUMBARUMBA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) RIVERINA
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) EDEN-MONARO
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) UPPER MURRAY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) UPPER MURRAY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) RIVERINA - ORANGE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    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 Other Grasslands, Herblands, Sedgelands and Rushlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Wet tussock grassland with herbs, sedges or rushes, herblands or ferns
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Other grasslands,herblands, sedgelands and rushlands
    Vegetation types - present Other grasslands, herblands, sedgelands and rushlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2368.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 790.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 375.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 30.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 379.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 65.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 793.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 3.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) -5.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) -2.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 9.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.31 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.76
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 9.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) -1.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 4.508333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 36.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 1.0
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 1998.0 m