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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.141644

Preserved specimen of Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) | Leathery Turtle recorded on 1993-03-26
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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.141644
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2043166","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.141644"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.141644
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Sadlier, Dr Ross Allen - Australian Museum - Herpetology  
Collector Tarvey, Lance  
Supplied as "Tarvey, Lance"
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
Country conservation Endangered
State conservation Endangered
Date identified 1993
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2039978
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1993-03-26
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Dermochelys coriacea
Supplied scientific name "Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Leathery Turtle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Testudines
Family Dermochelyidae
Genus Dermochelys
Species Dermochelys coriacea
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
Scientific name authorship (Vandelli, 1761)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Vandellius, 1761)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -28.84333
Supplied as: "-28.84333"
Longitude 153.60388
Supplied as: "153.60388"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Sharps Beach, 5km S Lennox Head
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Sharps Beach, 5km S Lennox Head (28° 50' 36" S, 153° 36' 14" E) 26/03/1993 - 26/03/1993, Tarvey, Lance(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 28° 50' 36" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 36' 14" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/7/1
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/7/1
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 10m-100m

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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 0d19ca32-8d5e-48e0-9633-14a104df8683
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
    Coordinates -28.84333,153.60388
    Related records
    Record UUID e3f99f31-a621-4f66-a907-dc335b351af4
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
    Coordinates -28.84333,153.60388
    Record UUID a981f2e7-146e-4214-9295-e09f87a6fc3b
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
    Coordinates -28.84333,153.60388
    Record UUID fce38764-50c8-4510-9f13-560c5a7ea312
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
    Coordinates -28.84333,153.60388
    Record UUID 3ee0e07f-3eda-473f-8f68-308389729e46
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
    Coordinates -28.84333,153.60388
    Record UUID c188bded-e82a-4d7e-bb5b-481b5072bb44
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
    Coordinates -28.84333,153.60388
    Record UUID 172b680a-5b15-4100-837b-cabc9f932605
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
    Coordinates -28.84333,153.60388
    Record UUID f1f10600-288a-470e-abcd-2f5e43d8aafb
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
    Coordinates -28.84333,153.60388
    Record UUID 5bc8dd74-5f2f-445a-bf45-acee4092498e
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
    Coordinates -28.84333,153.60388
    Record UUID 2f2cb75e-f4c4-4b9a-b36c-ebf777f2c7c1
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
    Coordinates -28.84333,153.60388
    Record UUID 6e5885b4-6a31-457d-a92c-be3fa9fc28bc
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandellius, 1761)
    Coordinates -28.84333,153.60388

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER Border Ranges GER Border Ranges
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Gulf Fall and Uplands
    IBRA 7 Regions Gulf Fall and Uplands
    IBRA 7 Subregions McArthur
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 NICHOLSON-LEICHHARDT RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Local Government Areas 2011 Barkly (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Tableland
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BARKLY REGION
    NSW Local Land Services Regions North Coast
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 321
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 506
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BARKLY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) BARKLY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BARKLY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BARKLY TABLELANDS - OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TENNANT CREEK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARKLY
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Low Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a hummock grass understorey
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 705.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 119.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 382.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 49.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 501.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 15.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 26.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 10.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.54 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.36
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.8 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.25
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.71
    Elevation 174.0 m