Search Specimens

OZCAM (Online Zoo-log-i-cal Col-lec-tions of Aus-tralian Muse-ums) pro-vides access to an online data-base of records aggre-gated from fau-nal col-lec-tions data-bases in Aus-tralian museums.

Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.76531

Preserved specimen of Acrochordus arafurae McDowell, 1979 | Arafura Filesnake recorded on 1978-08-15
   API

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.76531
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2132157","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.76531"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.76531
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector 1.  Sadlier, Ross Allen   2.  Australian Museum   3.  Herpetology  
Supplied as "Sadlier, Dr Ross Allen - Australian Museum - Herpetology"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2029040
Occurrence date 1978-08-15
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Acrochordus arafurae
Supplied scientific name "Acrochordus arafurae McDowell, 1979"
Identified to rank species
Common name Arafura Filesnake
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Acrochordidae
Genus Acrochordus
Species Acrochordus arafurae
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Acrochordus arafurae McDowell, 1979
Scientific name authorship McDowell, 1979
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to McDowell, 1979

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -13.3
Supplied as: "-13.3"
Longitude 131.716
Supplied as: "131.716"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Upper Reaches of Mckinlay River
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Northern Territory, Upper Reaches of Mckinlay River (13° 18' S, 131° 43' E) 15/08/1978 - 15/08/1978, Sadlier, Dr Ross Allen - Australian Museum - Herpetology(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 13° 18' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 131° 43' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2008/1/29
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2008/1/29
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 10km-100km

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
    Show/Hide 91 passed properties
    Show/Hide 7 missing properties
    Show/Hide 25 tests that have not been run

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Pine Creek
    IBRA 7 Regions Pine Creek
    IBRA 7 Subregions Pine Creek
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MARY RIVER (NT)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Local Government Areas 2011 Victoria-Daly (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Daly
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 VICTORIA DALY REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 823
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1165
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) DALY
    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) DOUGLAS-DALY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) DOUGLAS-DALY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) JABIRU - TIWI
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) DALY
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Tropical Eucalypt Woodlands/Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical Eucalyptus forest and woodlands with a tall annual grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Melaleuca forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Melaleuca forests and woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1330.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 109.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 398.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 75.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 869.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 9.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.58 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.76
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.745834 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 58.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.49
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 42.0 m