Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Nannoscincus maccoyi

  • Author and date of publication

    (Lucas & Frost, 1894)

  • Preferred Common name

    Highlands Forest Skink

  • Identified By

    Dr Joanna Sumner - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Tissue Details

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

  • Date of preparation

    18/10/2011

  • Expedition Name

    Wilsons Promontory National Park BioScan 2011 (Prom BioScan)

  • Collected By

    Dr Adnan Moussalli - Museums Victoria, Melanie Mackenzie - Museums Victoria, Kate Chmiel - Museum Victoria

  • Collection Event Code

    WPB 253

  • Sampling Method

    Direct Search

  • Date Visited From

    18/10/2011 11:30 AM

  • Date Visited To

    18/10/2011 12:50 PM

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    WPB184, 253, 299

  • Continent

    Australia

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Nearest Named Place

    Wilsons Promontory National Park

  • Precise Location

    Chinamans Creek (on Five Mile Road)

  • Latitude

    -38.9212

  • Longitude

    146.392

  • Geodetic Datum

    GDA94

  • Georeference Source

    GPS

  • Georeference Protocol

    gps original