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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.4094

Preserved specimen of Varanus tristis (Schlegel, 1839) | Black-headed Monitor recorded on 1908-04-21
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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.4094
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2094234","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.4094"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.4094
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Sadlier, Dr Ross Allen - Australian Museum - Herpetology  
Identified date 2000
Collector Lucas, A.H. S  
Supplied as "Lucas, A H S"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [PRE]
Date identified 2000
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "2"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2009645
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "2"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1908-04-21
Sampling protocol PRE  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Varanus tristis
Supplied scientific name "Varanus tristis orientalis Fry, 1913"
Identified to rank species
Common name Black-headed Monitor
Supplied common name "Freckled Monitor"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Varanidae
Genus Varanus
Species Varanus tristis
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Varanus tristis orientalis Fry, 1913
Scientific name authorship (Schlegel, 1839)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Fry, 1913
Verbatim taxon rank 2

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -17.4
Supplied as: "-17.4"
Longitude 145.816
Supplied as: "145.816"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Mt Bartle Frere
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, Mt Bartle Frere (17° 24' S, 145° 49' E), Lucas, A H S(Presenter), Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 17° 24' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 49' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2016/3/1
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2016/3/1
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Wooroonooran
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Wooroonooran
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Bellenden Ker-Lamb
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MULGRAVE-RUSSELL RIVERS
    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 State & Ngadjon-Jii ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Tablelands (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Eacham
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TABLELANDS REGIONAL
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Ngadjon-Jii People
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 390
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WOOROONOORAN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) INNISFAIL - CASSOWARY COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAIRNS - SOUTHERN HINTERLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAIRNS - SOUTHERN HINTERLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HILL
    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 Other native forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Grasslands, Herblands, Sedgelands and Rushlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Sedgelands, rushs or reeds
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 5761.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 802.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 556.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 64.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 2045.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 261.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 2817.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 19.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.96
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 18.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.1 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 55.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 1.0
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 1364.0 m