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Occurrence record: Herpetology:D75800

Preserved specimen of Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) | Leathery Turtle recorded on 2014-02-25
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Herpetology Collection
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number D75800
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Herpetology:PreservedSpecimen:D75800
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skull|Dry
Identified by Dr Jane E. Melville - Museums Victoria  
Identified date 25/02/2014
Collector 1.  Museums Victoria   2.  Smith, Dean   3.  Museum Victoria   4.  Museum Victoria  
Supplied as "Dr Katie Date - Museums Victoria | Dean Smith - Museum Victoria | Tracey-Ann Hooley - Museum Victoria"
Individual count 1
Life stage adult
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [Found dead]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Country conservation Endangered
State conservation Victoria: Critically Endangered
Supplied as Critically Endangered
Date identified 2014-02-25
Supplied as 25/02/2014

Event

Occurrence date 2014-02-25
Supplied date "2014-02-25T11:30:00\2014-02-25T16:00:00"
Sampling protocol Found dead  
Date precision DAY
Event time 11:30:00\16:00:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Reptilia | Anapsida | Testudines | Cryptodira | Chelonioidea | Dermochelyidae
Scientific name Dermochelys coriacea
Supplied scientific name "Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Leathery Turtle
Supplied common name "Leatherback Turtle"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Testudines
Family Dermochelyidae
Genus Dermochelys
Species Dermochelys coriacea
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Vandelli, 1761)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Latitude -38.8115
Supplied as: "-38.8115"
Longitude 146.059
Supplied as: "146.059"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Collector
Georeference protocol gps
Georeferenced by Tracey-Ann Hooley - Museum Victoria
Municipality Waratah Bay
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2014-02-25T00:00
Supplied as 2014-02-25T00:00:00
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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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 0695dbf3-fe32-48b6-ab9f-18f66306eb4a
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -38.8115,146.059
    Related records
    Record UUID 682859ee-4f53-4d9f-8c5e-33047014b999
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -38.8115,146.059
    Record UUID e5134fb1-76c6-4c04-8b82-860f9aa9f4b5
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -38.8115,146.059
    Record UUID 763d4e3f-4fd1-4374-87c2-6742cfc82a5e
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -38.8115,146.059
    Record UUID 1698f990-5d4c-42a8-8024-6391981b977f
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -38.8115,146.059
    Record UUID eee1ca48-0307-4db6-aac2-3abb95d73812
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -38.8115,146.059
    Record UUID a8aa27e2-e8b1-4615-ae76-09a9582e6d1f
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -38.8115,146.059

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 West Gippsland
    NRM Regions 2017 West Gippsland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 West Gippsland
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Flinders
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SOUTH GIPPSLAND
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Low Closed Forests and Tall Closed Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Low closed forest or tall closed shrublands (including Acacia, Melaleuca and Banksia)
    Vegetation types - native Other forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 915.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 308.75 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 145.75 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 29.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 146.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 27.75 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 308.75 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.55 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.475 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.325 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.675001 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.55 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.55 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.125 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0525
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.25 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.349998 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.575 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.765
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 17.0 m