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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.64995

Preserved specimen of Rankinia diemensis (Gray, 1841) | Mountain Heath Dragon recorded on 1975-12-12
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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.64995
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2119757","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.64995"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.64995
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Shea, G  
Collector 1.  Greer, A.E.   2.  The Australian Museum  
Supplied as "Greer, A. E. - The Australian Museum"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]
Date identified 1999
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2024947
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1975-12-12
Sampling protocol COL  
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 Tasmania
Latitude -42.133
Supplied as: "-42.133"
Longitude 147.016
Supplied as: "147.016"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 8.1 Km E Steppes
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Tasmania, 8.1 Km E Steppes (42° 08' S, 147° 01' E) 12/12/1975 - 12/12/1975, Greer, A. E. - The Australian Museum(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 42° 8' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 147° 1' E

Additional properties

Class Reptilia
dcterms:modified 2012/6/28
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2012/6/28
dcterms type PhysicalObject
Rights holder Australian Museum
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    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 Tasmanian Central Highlands
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian Central Highlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Central Highlands
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DERWENT RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 Central Highlands (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Central Highlands
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CENTRAL HIGHLANDS COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1233
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (TAS.)
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CENTRAL TASMANIA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (TAS.)
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) DERWENT
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    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 Eucalypt Medium Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Low closed forests and closed shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Low closed forest and tall closed shrubland

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 734.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 204.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 148.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 154.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 216.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 6.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) -1.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 2.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 10.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.22
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 11.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 4.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 7.266667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.85
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 952.0 m