Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Niveoscincus metallicus

  • Author and date of publication

    (O'Shaughnessy, 1874)

  • Preferred Common name

    Metallic Cool-skink

  • Identified By

    Dr Jane E. Melville - Museums Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Male

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: Frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 95%, Medium: ethanol 95%

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Tail, Preservative: ethanol 96%, Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen D 71234

  • Collected By

    Dr Jane E. Melville - Museums Victoria, J E. Wapstra

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Tasmania

  • Precise Location

    Orford, 2 km inland

  • Latitude

    -42.57

  • Longitude

    147.85

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    gps