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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.94360

Preserved specimen of Sepsiscus pluto (Ingram, 1977) | Cape York Worm-skink recorded on 1980-07-17
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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.94360
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2151192","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.94360"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.94360
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by A.Greer + H.Cogger,1985.  
Collector Cogger Et Al.
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "Y";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2031270
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "Y";
Occurrence date 1980-07-17
Sampling protocol COL  
End day of year 199
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 199

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sepsiscus pluto
Supplied scientific name "Anomalopus pluto Ingram, 1977"
Identified to rank species
Common name Cape York Worm-skink
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Scincidae
Genus Sepsiscus
Supplied as "Anomalopus"
Species Sepsiscus pluto
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Anomalopus pluto Ingram, 1977
Scientific name authorship (Ingram, 1977)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Ingram, 1977

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -11.55
Supplied as: "-11.55"
Longitude 142.45
Supplied as: "142.45"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Mcdonnell Creek Crossing 1 Km E Main N/S Peninsula
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, Mcdonnell Creek Crossing 1 Km E Main N/S Peninsula (11° 33' S, 142° 27' E) 17/07/1980 - 17/07/1980, Cogger Et Al.(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 11° 33' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 142° 27' E

Additional properties

Class Reptilia
dcterms:modified 2011/3/8
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2011/3/8
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Heathlands
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Heathlands
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Jardine-Pascoe Sandstones
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Jardine-Pascoe Sandstones
    Fire
    National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset 2019-2020 - v20200324 National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent 2019-2020
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DUCIE RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Cape York
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Ergon Energy and Northern Cape York Group #1 ILUA
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Cape York Wilderness
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Cape York
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Cape York Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Leichhardt
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements PNG Gas Pipeline ILUA - Cape York Region
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cook (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cook
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COOK SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 59
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 590
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAPE YORK WILDERNESS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Cook
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Cape York
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Local Government Areas 2023 Cook
    Postal Areas 2021 4874
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Cape York
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Far North
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Queensland - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Tropical North Queensland
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with ferns, herbs, sedges, rushes or wet tussock grassland
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 432.0 frequency
    Species Richness 194.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1662.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 36.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 111.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 604.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 104.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1115.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.63 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.51
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1719.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 35.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 6.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 25.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 112.69304 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 740.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 440.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1156.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.041666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 13.600002 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 19.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 24.05 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.450001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 24.383333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 62.132347 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 138.54495
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 32.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 27.566668 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 26.916668 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 65.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.55
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 102.0 m