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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.24407

Preserved specimen of Acrochordus arafurae McDowell, 1979 | Arafura Filesnake recorded on 1963-11-18
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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.24407
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2076549","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.24407"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.24407
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Cogger, G. Harold  
Supplied as "Cogger, Dr Harold G."
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 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2014149
Occurrence date 1963-11-18
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 unknown or invalid
Supplied as "New Guinea"
Latitude -6.783
Supplied as: "-6.783"
Longitude 141.433
Supplied as: "141.433"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Lake Murray, Western District
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "New Guinea, Lake Murray, Western District (6° 47' S, 141° 26' E) 18/11/1963 - 18/11/1963, Cogger, Dr Harold G.(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 6° 47' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code ZZ
Verbatim longitude 141° 26' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2008/1/27
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2008/1/27
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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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 9ec505cb-b891-482e-94c1-4ccbb1ab3b0d
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Acrochordus arafurae McDowell, 1979
    Coordinates -6.783,141.433
    Related records
    Record UUID ee333c25-8c6f-4fbb-a16a-faab916d893e
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Acrochordus arafurae McDowell, 1979
    Coordinates -6.783,141.433
    Record UUID cf43606b-ed19-4624-841b-8ce1d5793c7a
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Acrochordus arafurae McDowell, 1979
    Coordinates -6.783,141.433
    Record UUID b23ce1a1-e2f1-4b8b-8b5a-6d97baf65eb3
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Acrochordus arafurae McDowell, 1979
    Coordinates -6.783,141.433

    Additional political boundaries information

    Political
    World Country Boundaries Papua New Guinea

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.0875 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 80.0 %