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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.26783

Preserved specimen of Saproscincus lewisi Couper & Keim, 1998 | Cooktown Shadeskink recorded on 1968-06-02
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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.26783
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2079061","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.26783"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.26783
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Couper, P  
Collector Parker, F  
Supplied as "Parker, F"
Specimen type Paratype: Saproscincus lewisi Couper & Keim, 1998 : Scincidae : Squamata : Reptilia : Chordata;Paratype: Saproscincus lewisi Couper & Keim, 1998 : Scincidae : : Reptilia : Chordata
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [PRE]
Date identified 1998
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "Y";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2016749
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "Y";
Occurrence date 1968-06-02
Sampling protocol PRE  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Saproscincus lewisi
Supplied scientific name "Saproscincus lewisi Couper & Keim, 1998"
Identified to rank species
Common name Cooktown Shadeskink
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Scincidae
Genus Saproscincus
Species Saproscincus lewisi
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Saproscincus lewisi Couper & Keim, 1998
Scientific name authorship Couper & Keim, 1998
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Couper & Keim, 1998

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -15.733
Supplied as: "-15.733"
Longitude 145.3
Supplied as: "145.3"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Home Rule Slaty Creek 19miles S 3miles E Cooktown
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, Home Rule Slaty Creek 19miles S 3miles E Cooktown (15° 44' S, 145° 18' E) 02/06/1968 - 02/06/1968, Parker, F(Collector), Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 15° 44' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 18' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/8/11
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/8/11
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Eastern Kuku Yalanji
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Ngalba Bulal
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Daintree-Bloomfield
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ENDEAVOUR RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Eastern Kuku Yalanji & Ergon
    Indigenous Protected Areas 2013 Eastern Kuku Yalanji
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cook (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cook
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COOK SHIRE
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Eastern Kuku Yalanji People
    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) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Rainforest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Rainforest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Rainforests and Vine Thickets
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical or sub-tropical rainforest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Multiple Use Forest
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2109.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 93.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 90.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 888.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 111.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1223.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 17.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.74
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.141666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 59.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.71
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 417.0 m