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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
    NRM Regions 2010 Desert Channels
    NRM Regions 2017 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
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Lake Eyre Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 COOPER CREEK-BULLOO RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    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
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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: Temperature - annual mean 22.808334 °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