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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R72303

Preserved specimen of Varanus gouldii (Gray, 1838) | Gould's Goanna recorded on 2020-09-09
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number R72303
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:827803"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit preserved
Identified by Foster, Ralph - South Australian Museum  
Collector Armstrong, Dave - DEWNR
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [road kill]

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:249749
Occurrence date 2020-09-09
Supplied date "9/09/2020"
Sampling protocol road kill  
End day of year 253
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 253

Taxonomy

Scientific name Varanus gouldii
Supplied scientific name "Varanus gouldii (Gray, 1838)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Gould's Goanna
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Varanidae
Genus Varanus
Species Varanus gouldii
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1838)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality Birdsville Track | between Mungaranie & Mulka
Terrestrial false
Continent OCEANIA
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

right holder Museum Board of South Australia
source file sam-ala-export-2024-12-18.csv

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