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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.139023

Preserved specimen of Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876) | Short-limbed Snake-skink recorded on 1991-12-18
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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.139023
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2040336","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.139023"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.139023
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Sadlier, Dr Ross Allen - Australian Museum - Herpetology  
Identified date 1992
Collector Milledge, D  
Supplied as "Milledge, D"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]
Date identified 1992
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2038563
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1991-12-18
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophioscincus truncatus
Supplied scientific name "Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Short-limbed Snake-skink
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Scincidae
Genus Ophioscincus
Species Ophioscincus truncatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)
Scientific name authorship (Peters, 1876)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Peters, 1876)
Verbatim taxon rank 1

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -29.68971
Supplied as: "-29.68971"
Longitude 152.56083
Supplied as: "152.56083"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Nymboida National Park, Sw of Grafton
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Nymboida National Park, Sw of Grafton (29° 41' 23" S, 152° 33' 39" E) 18/12/1991 - 18/12/1991, Milledge, D(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 29° 41' 23" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 152° 33' 39" E

Additional properties

Class Reptilia
dcterms:modified 2012/6/28
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2012/6/28
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Nymboida
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Nymboida
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 North Coast
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North Coast
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Dalmorton
    Fire
    National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset 2019-2020 - v20200324 National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent 2019-2020
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 CLARENCE RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Clarence Valley (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Clarence Valley Bal
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CLARENCE VALLEY COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions North Coast
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 68
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3216
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GRAFTON REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CLARENCE VALLEY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) COFFS HARBOUR - GRAFTON
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) PAGE
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CLARENCE VALLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CLARENCE VALLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NSW CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) CLARENCE
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Tall Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1097.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 122.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 102.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 53.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 468.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 44.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 471.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 25.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 27.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 1.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.55
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 22.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.654167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.72
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.9
    Elevation 512.0 m