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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.44317

Preserved specimen of Eugongylus rufescens (Shaw, 1802) | Bar-lipped Sheen-skink recorded on 1974-07-12
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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.44317
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2097799","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.44317"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.44317
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Cogger, G. Harold  
Supplied as "Cogger, Dr Harold G."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2023095
Occurrence date 1974-07-12
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Eugongylus rufescens
Supplied scientific name "Eugongylus rufescens (Shaw, 1802)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Bar-lipped Sheen-skink
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Scincidae
Genus Eugongylus
Species Eugongylus rufescens
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Eugongylus rufescens (Shaw, 1802)
Scientific name authorship (Shaw, 1802)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Shaw, 1802)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -9.9
Supplied as: "-9.9"
Longitude 142.766
Supplied as: "142.766"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Yam (Turtleback) Island, Torres Strait
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, Yam (Turtleback) Island, Torres Strait (9° 54' S, 142° 46' E) 12/07/1974 - 12/07/1974, Cogger, Dr Harold G.(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 9° 54' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 142° 46' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2014/2/20
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2014/2/20
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Torres Strait
    NRM Regions 2017 Torres Strait
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Torres Strait
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Torres Strait
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TORRES SHIRE
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Torres Strait Regional Sea Claim
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 69.0 %