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Occurrence record: Herpetology:D18209

Preserved specimen of Varanus Merrem, 1820 | Mangrove Monitor recorded on 1972-03-18
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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 D18209
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Herpetology:PreservedSpecimen:D18209
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit|Wet
Collector Parker, Fred  
Supplied as "Fred Parker"
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

Event

Occurrence date 1972-03-18
Supplied date "1972-03-18T00:00:00\1972-03-18T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Reptilia | Lepidosauria | Squamata | Sauria lacertilia | Platynota varanoidea | Varanidae
Scientific name Varanus
Supplied scientific name "Varanus timorensis (Gray, 1831)"
Identified to rank genus
Supplied as "Species"
Common name Mangrove Monitor
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Varanidae
Genus Varanus
Species Varanus timorensis
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Merrem, 1820
Supplied as (Gray, 1831)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Papua New Guinea
Country Papua New Guinea
Locality Kuru
Verbatim locality Kuru
Terrestrial false
Continent OCEANIA
Marine false
Country Code PG

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