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Occurrence record: Reptile:R38912

Preserved specimen of Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875) | Tessellated Gecko recorded on 2020-03-28
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Reptile Collection
Supplied collection code "Reptile"
Catalog number R38912
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R38912
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by C. Jolly  
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 2020

Event

Occurrence date 2020-03-28
Supplied as year:2020  month:3  day:28 
End day of year 88
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 88

Taxonomy

Scientific name Diplodactylus tessellatus
Identified to rank species
Common name Tessellated Gecko
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Supplied as "Sauria"
Family Diplodactylidae
Supplied as "Gekkonidae"
Genus Diplodactylus
Species Diplodactylus tessellatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Günther, 1875)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality Tablelands Highway, Walhallow, Barkly Tableland
Latitude -17.83429
Supplied as: "-17.83429"
Longitude 135.65217
Supplied as: "135.65217"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS 84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Mitchell Grass Downs
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Barkly Tableland
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Mitchell Grass Downs
    IBRA 7 Regions Mitchell Grass Downs
    IBRA 7 Subregions Barkly Tableland
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 VICTORIA RIVER-WISO
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Barkly
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Elliott Surrounds - Outstations
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tennant Creek
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Northern Territory
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lingiari
    Local Government Areas 2011 Barkly (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Tableland
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BARKLY REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 321
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 506
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BARKLY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) BARKLY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BARKLY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ELLIOTT SURROUNDS - OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TENNANT CREEK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARKLY
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Barkly
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Barkly
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NT
    Local Government Areas 2023 Barkly
    Postal Areas 2021 0852
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Northern Territory
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Barkly
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Barkly
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Northern Territory - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Barkly
    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 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tussock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 267.0 frequency
    Species Richness 106.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 554.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 119.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 277.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 390.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 15.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 28.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 10.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.49
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 38.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 31.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 581.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 13.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 2.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 12.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 112.75055 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 258.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 165.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 384.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.145834 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 27.199999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 10.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 20.166666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 14.908334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 21.983334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 54.81005 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 430.52536
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 38.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 30.583332 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 29.483334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.18
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.52
    Elevation 220.0 m