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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.7637

Preserved specimen of Varanus gouldii (Gray, 1838) | Gould's Goanna recorded on 1921-10-01
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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.7637
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2131985","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.7637"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.7637
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Shea, G  
Collector 1.  Troughton   2.  Wright  
Supplied as "Troughton And Wright"
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
Date identified 1998
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2009950
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1921-10-01
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Varanus gouldii
Supplied scientific name "Varanus gouldii flavirufus Mertens, 1958"
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 canonicalMatch
Accepted name Varanus gouldii flavirufus Mertens, 1958
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1838)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Mertens, 1958
Verbatim taxon rank 1

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -30.5
Supplied as: "-30.5"
Longitude 132.15
Supplied as: "132.15"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 407 miles E.W.Line
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, South Australia, 407 miles E.W.Line (30° 30' S, 132° 09' E) 01/10/1921 - 01/10/1921, Troughton And Wright(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 30° 30' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 132° 9' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/7/13
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/7/13
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 d4c0aa10-eabe-4cdc-872c-979ef63c04b7
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Varanus gouldii flavirufus Mertens, 1958
    Coordinates -30.5,132.15
    Related records
    Record UUID f3e9150d-9d5d-4996-bf13-3b142b39d859
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Varanus gouldii flavirufus Mertens, 1958
    Coordinates -30.5,132.15

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Alinytjara Wilurara
    NRM Regions 2017 Alinytjara Wilurara
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Alinytjara Wilurara
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Great Victoria Desert
    IBRA 7 Regions Great Victoria Desert
    IBRA 7 Subregions Yellabinna
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 GAIRDNER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Unincorporated SA
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Unincorp. Far North
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PASTORAL UNINCORPORATED AREA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 194
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 697
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) EYRE PENINSULA AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CEDUNA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MARALINGA TJARUTJA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PORT LINCOLN - CEDUNA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GILES
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    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 Acacia Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other Acacia tall open shrublands and shrublands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Mallee woodlands and shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Mallee woodlands and shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 235.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 61.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 47.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 57.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 69.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 32.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 26.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.55
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 20.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.120834 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.11
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.21
    Elevation 227.0 m