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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.156160

Preserved specimen of Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875) | Tessellated Gecko recorded on 1890-05
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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.156160
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2058693","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.156160"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.156160
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Sadlier, Dr Ross Allen - Australian Museum - Herpetology  
Identified date 1999
Collector Helms, R.  
Supplied as "Helms, R."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]
Date identified 1999
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1144929
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1890, Month: 5, Day:
Supplied date "1890-05"
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision MONTH

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 New South Wales
Latitude -31.433
Supplied as: "-31.433"
Longitude 143.883
Supplied as: "143.883"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Darling River Floods [Talyawalka]
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Darling River Floods [Talyawalka] (31° 26' S, 143° 53' E) /05/1890 - /06/1890, Helms, R.(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 31° 26' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 143° 53' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2012/6/27
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2012/6/27
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 10km-100km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 East Gippsland
    NRM Regions 2017 East Gippsland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 East Gippsland
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Australian Alps
    IBRA 7 Regions Australian Alps
    IBRA 7 Subregions Victorian Alps
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MITCHELL-THOMSON RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Alpine (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Alpine - East
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ALPINE SHIRE
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Western
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 22
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1760
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BRIGHT - MOUNT BEAUTY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WODONGA - ALPINE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HUME
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) INDI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WODONGA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ALPINE - TOWONG - INDIGO
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NORTHERN VICTORIA
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Tall Closed
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1502.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 507.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 230.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 240.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 42.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 507.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 46.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 8.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) -1.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 2.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 13.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.4 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.66
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 2.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 8.195833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 44.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.91
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 1348.0 m