Search Specimens

OZCAM (Online Zoo-log-i-cal Col-lec-tions of Aus-tralian Muse-ums) pro-vides access to an online data-base of records aggre-gated from fau-nal col-lec-tions data-bases in Aus-tralian museums.

Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.93225

Preserved specimen of Bellatorias frerei (Günther, 1897) | Major Skink recorded on 1969-04-02
   API

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.93225
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2149977","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.93225"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.93225
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Sadlier, Dr Ross Allen - Australian Museum - Herpetology  
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1989
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2017637
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1969-04-02
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Bellatorias frerei
Supplied scientific name "Egernia frerei Günther, 1897"
Identified to rank species
Common name Major Skink
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Scincidae
Genus Bellatorias
Supplied as "Egernia"
Species Bellatorias frerei
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Egernia frerei Günther, 1897
Scientific name authorship (Günther, 1897)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Günther, 1897
Verbatim taxon rank 1

Geospatial

Country unknown or invalid
Supplied as "New Guinea"
Latitude -8.85
Supplied as: "-8.85"
Longitude 142.9
Supplied as: "142.9"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Wipim, Western District
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "New Guinea, Wipim, Western District (8° 51' S, 142° 54' E) 02/04/1969 - 02/04/1969";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 8° 51' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code ZZ
Verbatim longitude 142° 54' E

Additional properties

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

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    Coordinates dont match supplied country Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
    Show/Hide 92 passed properties
    Show/Hide 7 missing properties
    Show/Hide 23 tests that have not been run

    Additional political boundaries information

    Political
    World Country Boundaries Papua New Guinea

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.458334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 72.0 %