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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.14127

Preserved specimen of Tropicagama temporalis (Gunther, 1867) | Swamplands Lashtail recorded on 1952-06-24
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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.14127
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2042758,urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.14127"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Australian Museum Exped NWA QLD
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2011687
Occurrence date 1952-06-24
Supplied date "1952-06-24/1952-06-24"
End day of year 176
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 176

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tropicagama temporalis
Supplied scientific name "Gowidon temporalis (Günther, 1867)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Swamplands Lashtail
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Agamidae
Genus Tropicagama
Supplied as "Gowidon"
Species Tropicagama temporalis
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Gowidon temporalis (Günther, 1867)
Scientific name authorship (Gunther, 1867)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Günther, 1867)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -14.166667
Supplied as: "-14.166667"
Longitude 129.5
Supplied as: "129.5"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality West Headland,Port Keats
Location remarks Australia, Northern Territory, West Headland,Port Keats (14° 10' S, 129° 30' E) 24/06/1952 - 24/06/1952, Australian Museum Exped NWA QLD(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 14° 10' " S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 129° 30' " E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Darwin Coastal
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Darwin Coastal
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Darwin Coastal
    IBRA 7 Regions Darwin Coastal
    IBRA 7 Subregions Darwin Coastal
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MOYLE RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Thamarrurr inc. Wadeye
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Thamarrurr exc. Wadeye
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Jabiru - Tiwi
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Northern Territory
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lingiari
    Electorates March 2025 Lingiari
    Local Government Areas 2011 Victoria-Daly (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Thamarrurr
    Local Government Areas 2023 West Daly
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WEST DALY REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 1975
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2239
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) THAMARRURR
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DALY - TIWI - WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) THAMARRURR INC. WADEYE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) THAMARRURR EXC. WADEYE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) JABIRU - TIWI
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) DALY
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Daly
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Thamarrurr
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NT
    Postal Areas 2021 0822
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Northern Territory
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Thamarrurr
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Daly - Tiwi - West Arnhem
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Northern Territory - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Katherine Daly
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Mangrove
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan
    Vegetation types - present Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan, mudflats

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 519.0 frequency
    Species Richness 289.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1355.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 117.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 402.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 84.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 949.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 9.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.61 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.73
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1553.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 10.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 0.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 10.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 117.43467 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 345.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 404.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1083.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.3875 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 16.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 23.833334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.908334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 23.833334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 56.619053 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 242.95644
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 34.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 29.716667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 28.883333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 59.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.46
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 3.0 m