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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.60251

Preserved specimen of Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875) | Tessellated Gecko recorded on 1976-12-30
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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.60251
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2114624","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.60251"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.60251
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 1990
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2027104
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1976-12-30
End day of year 365
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 365

Taxonomy

Scientific name Diplodactylus tessellatus
Supplied scientific name "Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Tessellated Gecko
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Diplodactylidae
Supplied as "Gekkonidae"
Genus Diplodactylus
Species Diplodactylus tessellatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875)
Scientific name authorship (Günther, 1875)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Günther, 1875)
Verbatim taxon rank 1

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -24.133
Supplied as: "-24.133"
Longitude 145.35
Supplied as: "145.35"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 37km N.of Blackall on Landsborough
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, 37km N.of Blackall on Landsborough (24° 08' S, 145° 21' E) 30/12/1976 - 30/12/1976";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 24° 8' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 21' E

Additional properties

Class Reptilia
dcterms:modified 2012/6/27
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2012/6/27
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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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) Southern Wooded Downs
    NRM Regions 2010 Desert Channels
    NRM Regions 2017 Desert Channels
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Desert Channels
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Desert Channels
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Mitchell Grass Downs
    IBRA 7 Regions Mitchell Grass Downs
    IBRA 7 Subregions Southern Wooded Downs
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Lake Eyre Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Lake Eyre Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 COOPER CREEK-BULLOO RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Barcaldine - Blackall - Longreach
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Barcaldine
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Rockhampton
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Southern and Western Queensland 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 Maranoa
    Local Government Areas 2011 Barcaldine (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Barcaldine
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BARCALDINE REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 4
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 470
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BARCALDINE - BLACKALL
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - SOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MARANOA
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BARCALDINE - BLACKALL - LONGREACH
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BARCALDINE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ROCKHAMPTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREGORY
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Gregory
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Barcaldine - Blackall
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Local Government Areas 2023 Barcaldine
    Postal Areas 2021 4725
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Barcaldine - Blackall
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Outback - South
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Queensland - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Outback Queensland
    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 Tussock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mitchell grass (Astrebla) tussock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Unresolved Tenure
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tussock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 41.0 frequency
    Species Richness 34.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 451.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 61.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 45.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 56.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 200.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 19.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 203.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 22.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 29.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.82
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 479.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 55.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 15.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 55.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 55.37441 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 215.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 80.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 215.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 22.808334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 29.300001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 6.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 15.516667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 14.783334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 15.516667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.455063 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 545.5224
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 36.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 28.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 28.85 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.18
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.24
    Elevation 285.0 m