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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.96004

Preserved specimen of Morethia adelaidensis Peters, 1874 | Saltbush Morethia Skink recorded on 1980-09-23
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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.96004
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2152924","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.96004"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.96004
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector 1.  Cameron, E.   2.  Covacevich, J.  
Supplied as "E.Cameron,J.Covacevich"
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 1991
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2031438
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1980-09-23
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Morethia adelaidensis
Supplied scientific name "Morethia adelaidensis Peters, 1874"
Identified to rank species
Common name Saltbush Morethia Skink
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Scincidae
Genus Morethia
Species Morethia adelaidensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Morethia adelaidensis Peters, 1874
Scientific name authorship Peters, 1874
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Peters, 1874

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -29.483
Supplied as: "-29.483"
Longitude 137.166
Supplied as: "137.166"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Shores of Lake Eyre South, 8 Km E Curdimurka Railway Station
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, South Australia, Shores of Lake Eyre South, 8 Km E Curdimurka Railway Station (29° 29' S, 137° 10' E) 23/09/1980 - 23/09/1980, E.Cameron,J.Covacevich(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 29° 29' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 137° 10' E

Additional properties

Class Reptilia
dcterms:modified 2012/1/6
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2012/1/6
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 acaa3812-1a9d-4f9a-a61b-1130b5f5678f
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia adelaidensis Peters, 1874
    Coordinates -29.483,137.166
    Related records
    Record UUID fd986c8e-9032-4b39-9c34-059a22f61164
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia adelaidensis Peters, 1874
    Coordinates -29.483,137.166
    Record UUID bbdfd289-81a2-43fa-aedc-331af80df223
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia adelaidensis Peters, 1874
    Coordinates -29.483,137.166
    Record UUID fc955421-f0f0-4bac-97ec-759b3296ddf0
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia adelaidensis Peters, 1874
    Coordinates -29.483,137.166

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Darwin Coastal
    IBRA 7 Regions Darwin Coastal
    IBRA 7 Subregions Darwin Coastal
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EAST ALLIGATOR RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements The Arabana Native Title Claim Settlement ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 West Arnhem (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated South Alligator
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WEST ARNHEM REGION
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Arabana People
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 206
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 485
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ALLIGATOR
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DALY - TIWI - WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KAKADU - MARRAKAI - JABIRU
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) KAKADU - MARRAKAI - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) JABIRU - TIWI
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARAFURA
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous managed, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Mangrove
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Grasslands, Herblands, Sedgelands and Rushlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Wet tussock grassland with herbs, sedges or rushes, herblands or ferns
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Other grasslands,herblands, sedgelands and rushlands
    Vegetation types - present Other grasslands, herblands, sedgelands and rushlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1445.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 114.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 351.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 88.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 986.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 11.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 28.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.6 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.58
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.775 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 61.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.49
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 0.0 m