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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.77271

Preserved specimen of Morethia taeniopleura Peters, 1874 | Fire-tailed Skink recorded on 1976-05-28
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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.77271
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2132960","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.77271"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.77271
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Sadlier, Dr Ross Allen - Australian Museum - Herpetology  
Identified date 1988
Collector Parker, Fred  
Supplied as "Parker, Fred"
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 1988
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2025826
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1976-05-28
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -19.266
Supplied as: "-19.266"
Longitude 146.816
Supplied as: "146.816"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 3.5 Km N. Bundock St. Via Heatley's Parade, Townsville
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, 3.5 Km N. Bundock St. Via Heatley's Parade, Townsville (19° 16' S, 146° 49' E) 28/05/1976 - 28/05/1976, Parker, Fred(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 19° 16' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 49' E

Additional properties

Class Reptilia
dcterms:modified 2012/1/9
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2012/1/9
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 04cb2ff9-9b18-4b76-99b3-0bdda8b25335
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia taeniopleura Peters, 1874
    Coordinates -19.266,146.816
    Related records
    Record UUID b55a45e7-14dd-44b1-a64e-6a8d85f5d90e
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia taeniopleura Peters, 1874
    Coordinates -19.266,146.816
    Record UUID 7352f39b-5b0c-4c69-b573-f7374d1e43c0
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia taeniopleura Peters, 1874
    Coordinates -19.266,146.816
    Record UUID 9d122c85-2483-4a14-8206-f3d0c985f04c
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia taeniopleura Peters, 1874
    Coordinates -19.266,146.816
    Record UUID fe7208e5-1e36-4a81-bd45-00bd2336bb5a
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia taeniopleura Peters, 1874
    Coordinates -19.266,146.816
    Record UUID 46588abf-a365-4440-a08a-12348f584cb4
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia taeniopleura Peters, 1874
    Coordinates -19.266,146.816
    Record UUID b2ec497c-8b60-4675-b8b6-c855858eec17
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia taeniopleura Peters, 1874
    Coordinates -19.266,146.816
    Record UUID 24dd8608-e6dd-462c-9f96-aeaee47cb4c9
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia taeniopleura Peters, 1874
    Coordinates -19.266,146.816
    Record UUID 51195bea-a12b-4914-906d-e7d8e8c88239
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia taeniopleura Peters, 1874
    Coordinates -19.266,146.816
    Record UUID 3bc310df-281a-43df-b787-2abac9c2fa89
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia taeniopleura Peters, 1874
    Coordinates -19.266,146.816
    Record UUID 2553232e-fa08-4cdd-99ee-08c8d8e95775
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Morethia taeniopleura Peters, 1874
    Coordinates -19.266,146.816

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Burdekin
    NRM Regions 2017 Burdekin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Burdekin
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Brigalow Belt North
    IBRA 7 Regions Brigalow Belt North
    IBRA 7 Subregions Townsville Plains
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ROSS RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Townsville (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Railway Estate
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TOWNSVILLE CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 241
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 5915
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH TOWNSVILLE - RAILWAY ESTATE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) HERBERT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    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 Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Mangroves,tidal mudflats,samphires and bare areas,claypan,sand,rock,salt lakes,lagoons,lakes
    Vegetation types - present Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1011.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 48.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 42.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 101.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 627.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 72.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 638.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.03
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.5375 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.98
    Elevation 31.0 m