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Occurrence record: Herpetology:J39436

Preserved specimen of Saproscincus lewisi Couper & Keim, 1998 | Cooktown Shadeskink recorded on 1981-07-12
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Amphibians and Reptiles
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number J39436
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J39436
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by P Couper  
Identified date 1998
Specimen type PARATYPE  
Supplied as "Paratype"
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1998

Event

Occurrence date 1981-07-12
Verbatim event date 12 Jul 1981
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Saproscincus lewisi
Identified to rank species
Common name Cooktown Shadeskink
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Scincidae
Genus Saproscincus
Species Saproscincus lewisi
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Couper & Keim, 1998
Supplied as Couper and Keim, 1998
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Bloomfield
Latitude -15.95
Supplied as: "-15.95"
Longitude 145.333333
Supplied as: "145.333333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 15° 57' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 20' East

Additional properties

object id VE113177

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID b51fdbbb-1637-47f6-90d6-504c4500a8f5
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Saproscincus lewisi
    Coordinates -16.0819356,145.467511
    Related records
    Record UUID 7e542ec1-f38e-4bd4-be4a-383093893000
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Saproscincus lewisi
    Coordinates -15.733333,145.283333
    Record UUID 36a15dec-4ca0-4563-b4c3-362765708b64
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Saproscincus lewisi
    Coordinates -15.7375,145.302778
    Record UUID db2f9032-7779-4e78-9ae5-a6a0d4add7af
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Saproscincus lewisi
    Coordinates -15.733333,145.283333
    Record UUID b1903a93-0026-461c-82c3-91630e909f3d
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Saproscincus lewisi
    Coordinates -15.8,145.25
    Record UUID 300f13a1-dd1f-4865-a14b-7625a9c2b61d
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Saproscincus lewisi
    Coordinates -15.741667,145.297222
    Record UUID 85db8a8d-8cc8-4c95-aa6c-6a4c8f166ecc
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Saproscincus lewisi
    Coordinates -15.741667,145.297222
    Record UUID 8311492f-1ccc-42c1-8e2c-7368306c4a22
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Saproscincus lewisi
    Coordinates -15.736111,145.302778
    Record UUID d504df77-7169-4458-9339-78f98cafff09
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Saproscincus lewisi
    Coordinates -15.95,145.333333
    Record UUID de5813bd-7df9-490c-a2e8-0f871f107767
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Saproscincus lewisi
    Coordinates -15.8,145.25
    Record UUID cbb6f0cc-d3c0-47a8-be6a-7f4f3163afdb
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Saproscincus lewisi
    Coordinates -15.5,145.283333

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    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
    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) 59
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 590
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAPE YORK WILDERNESS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Rainforest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    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) 2397.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 139.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 108.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 90.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1094.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 126.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1393.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 22.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.74
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.5875 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 59.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.71
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 35.0 m