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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.20797

Preserved specimen of Diplodactylus tessellatus (Günther, 1875) | Tessellated Gecko recorded on 1963-09-25
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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.20797
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2072947","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.20797"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.20797
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Sadlier, Dr Ross Allen - Australian Museum - Herpetology  
Collector Mc Michael And Yaldwyn
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]
Date identified 2015-09
Supplied as 2015-9
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2014022
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1963-09-25
Sampling protocol COL  
End day of year 268
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 268

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
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 Queensland
Latitude -17.483
Supplied as: "-17.483"
Longitude 140.833
Supplied as: "140.833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Karumba N Qld
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, Karumba N Qld (17° 29' S, 140° 50' E) 25/09/1963 - 25/09/1963, Lossin, Rolf(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 17° 29' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 140° 50' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/9/29
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/9/29
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Southern Gulf Aggregation
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Gulf Plains
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Karumba Plains
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Gulf
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Gulf
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Gulf
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Gulf Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Gulf Plains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Karumba Plains
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FLINDERS-NORMAN RIVERS
    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 Carpentaria (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Carpentaria
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CARPENTARIA SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 163
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3233
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CARPENTARIA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CARPENTARIA - BURKE - MORNINGTON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CARPENTARIA EXC. DOOMADGEE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MOUNT ISA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TRAEGER
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Carpentaria
    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 Mangrove
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Sea and estuaries
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Sea, estuaries (includes seagrass)
    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 19526.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1194.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 846.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 446.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 67.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 659.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 17.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 22.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.55 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.96
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 882.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 17.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 2.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 9.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 128.51732 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 420.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 258.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 641.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.683334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 20.900002 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 14.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 22.033333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 11.233334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 23.333334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 53.748005 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 325.0967
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 35.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 29.933332 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 29.0 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.33
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.94
    Elevation 0.0 m