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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.55078

Preserved specimen of Austrochaperina pluvialis (Zweifel, 1965) | Rain Frog recorded on 1975-11-02
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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.55078
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2109326","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.55078"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.55078
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Zweifel, Dr Richard G  
Collector H. Posamentier, W.E. Boles
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]
Date identified 1985
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2024693
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1975-11-02
Sampling protocol COL  
End day of year 306
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 306

Taxonomy

Scientific name Austrochaperina pluvialis
Supplied scientific name "Sphenophryne pluvialis Zweifel, 1965"
Identified to rank species
Common name Rain Frog
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Amphibia
Order Anura
Family Microhylidae
Genus Austrochaperina
Supplied as "Sphenophryne"
Species Austrochaperina pluvialis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Sphenophryne pluvialis Zweifel, 1965
Scientific name authorship (Zweifel, 1965)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Zweifel, 1965

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -16.166
Supplied as: "-16.166"
Longitude 145.383
Supplied as: "145.383"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Thornton Peak Rainforest Site 39 2100 Feet
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, Thornton Peak Rainforest Site 39 2100 Feet (16° 10' S, 145° 23' E) 02/11/1975 - 02/11/1975, H. Posamentier, W.E. Boles(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 16° 10' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 23' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2014/12/11
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2014/12/11
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 Eastern Kuku Yalanji
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Eastern Kuku Yalanji
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Wet Tropics
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Daintree-Bloomfield
    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 Daintree-Bloomfield
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DAINTREE 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
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cairns (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Douglas
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DOUGLAS SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 192
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 282
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) DAINTREE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) PORT DOUGLAS - DAINTREE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WUJAL WUJAL AND OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAPE TRIBULATION - CHINA CAMP - ZIG ZAG
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Douglas
    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 Warm Temperate Rainforest
    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

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 4428.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1113.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2259.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 183.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 83.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 939.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 120.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1271.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 21.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 18.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.8
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 24.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 23.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 2559.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 150.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 42.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 139.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 86.21612 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 1266.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 539.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1456.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 19.945833 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 13.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 13.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 16.616667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.291667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 17.133333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 52.458035 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 247.75772
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 26.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 22.699999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 22.466667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 59.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.81
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 733.0 m