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Legend Fauna Sites #* Habitat Assessment Number Fauna Habitat Swales (29.08 ha) Lake Margin (6.42 ha) - NOTE THAT POSITION ERRORS CAN BE >5M IN SOME AREAS - LOCALITY MAP SOURCED LANDGATE 2006 - TENEMENTS SOURCED FROM AGRIMIN 2017 10 - RARE AND PRIORITY FLORA SOURCED DPAW 2017 - AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY SOURCED LANDGATE 2007 #* AND ADDITIONAL LANGATE COMPOSITE AERIALS (© Western Australian Land Information Authority 2015) a 10 Bermondsey St, West Leederville, 6007 WA 11 t (08) 9388 8360 #* f (08) 9381 2360 w www.360environmental.com.au 0 50 100 150 200 Meters 1:5,000 @ A3 LOCALITY MAP PROJECT ID DATE 2188 4/08/2017 HORIZONTAL DATUM AND PROJECTION GDA 1994 MGA Zone 52 CREATED CHECKED APPROVED REVISION EW LS RF 0 Agrimin Sulphate of Potash Project Lake Mackay, WA ± Fauna Survey Figure 12 Island 3 COPYRIGHT: THIS DOCUMENT IS AND SHALL REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF 360 ENVIRONMENTAL. 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K:\Projects\1.0 EBS\2188 Eco Surveys Lake Mackay\Figures\Fauna Survey\2188 Fauna Habitat Figure 10 Island 3.mxd 447000 448000 449000 450000 451000 Legend 7504000 7504000 Fauna Sites #* Habitat Assessment Number Island 4 Swale (16.42 ha) Lake Margin (6.74 ha) Island 5 Swale (19.24 ha) Lake Margin (5.01 ha) Island 6 7503000 7503000 Swale (14.91 ha) Lake Margin (13.49 ha) 12 #* Island 5 Island 4 13 #* - NOTE THAT POSITION ERRORS CAN BE >5M IN SOME AREAS 7502000 7502000 - LOCALITY MAP SOURCED LANDGATE 2006 - TENEMENTS SOURCED FROM AGRIMIN 2017 - RARE AND PRIORITY FLORA SOURCED DPAW 2017 - AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY SOURCED LANDGATE 2007 AND ADDITIONAL LANGATE COMPOSITE AERIALS (© Western Australian Land Information Authority 2015) 14 #* a 10 Bermondsey St, West Leederville, 6007 WA Island 6 t (08) 9388 8360 f (08) 9381 2360 w www.360environmental.com.au 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 Meters 1:25,000 @ A3 LOCALITY MAP 7501000 7501000 PROJECT ID DATE 2188 4/08/2017 HORIZONTAL DATUM AND PROJECTION GDA 1994 MGA Zone 52 CREATED CHECKED APPROVED REVISION 7500000 7500000 EW LS RF 0 Agrimin Sulphate of Potash Project Lake Mackay, WA ± Fauna Survey Figure 13 447000 448000 449000 450000 451000 Islands 4, 5 and 6 COPYRIGHT: THIS DOCUMENT IS AND SHALL REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF 360 ENVIRONMENTAL. 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K:\Projects\1.0 EBS\2188 Eco Surveys Lake Mackay\Figures\Fauna Survey\2188 Fauna Habitat Figure 11 Islands 4 5 6.mxd Legend Fauna Sites #* Habitat Assessment Number Fauna Habitat Swale (0.09 ha) Lake Margin (0.27 ha) - NOTE THAT POSITION ERRORS CAN BE >5M IN SOME AREAS - LOCALITY MAP SOURCED LANDGATE 2006 - CADASTRE SOURCED FROM LANDGATE 22 DEC 2015 - AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY SOURCED LANDGATE SEPT 2015 (© Western Australian Land Information Authority 2015) a 10 Bermondsey St, West Leederville, 6007 WA t (08) 9388 8360 15 f (08) 9381 2360 #* w www.360environmental.com.au 0 10 20 30 40 50 Meters 1:1,250 @ A3 LOCALITY MAP PROJECT ID DATE 2188 4/08/2017 HORIZONTAL DATUM AND PROJECTION GDA 1994 MGA Zone 52 CREATED CHECKED APPROVED REVISION EW LS RF 0 Agrimin Sulphate of Potash Project Lake Mackay, WA ± Fauna Survery Figure 14 Island 7 COPYRIGHT: THIS DOCUMENT IS AND SHALL REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF 360 ENVIRONMENTAL. THIS DOCUMENT MAY ONLY BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT WAS COMMISSIONED AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE T ERMS OF ENGAGEMENT FOR THE COMMISSION. 360 ENVIRONMENTAL DOES NOT HOLD ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MISUSE OF THIS DOC UMENT. K:\Projects\1.0 EBS\2188 Eco Surveys Lake Mackay\Figures\Fauna Survey\2188 Fauna Habitat Figure 12 Island 7.mxd 452000 454000 456000 458000 460000 462000 464000 Legend Proposed Infrastructure Boundary Existing Track Fauna Sites t[ Camp Site (! Fauna Trap Site 3 & 5 )" Camera Trap 7494000 7494000 #* Habitat Assessment Number (!#*3 ^_)" ^_ SM2 Fauna Habitat Claypan Swale Dune Lake Margin 7492000 7492000 #* ^_(!)"5 #*16 #*20 - NOTE THAT POSITION ERRORS CAN BE >5M IN SOME AREAS #* - LOCALITY MAP SOURCED LANDGATE 2006 17 - CADASTRE SOURCED FROM LANDGATE 22 DEC 2015 - AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY SOURCED LANDGATE SEPT 2015 #*19 (© Western Australian Land Information Authority 2015) 7490000 7490000 a 10 Bermondsey St, West Leederville, 6007 WA t (08) 9388 8360 f (08) 9381 2360 t[ w www.360environmental.com.au 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 Meters 1:60,000 @ A3 LOCALITY MAP #*18 7488000 7488000 PROJECT ID DATE 2188 4/08/2017 HORIZONTAL DATUM AND PROJECTION GDA 1994 MGA Zone 52 CREATED CHECKED APPROVED REVISION EW LS RF 0 7486000 7486000 Agrimin Sulphate of Potash Project Lake Mackay, WA ± Vertebrate Fauna Survey Figure 15 452000 454000 456000 458000 460000 462000 464000 Additional Habitat Assessments COPYRIGHT: THIS DOCUMENT IS AND SHALL REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF 360 ENVIRONMENTAL. THIS DOCUMENT MAY ONLY BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT WAS COMMISSIONED AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE T ERMS OF ENGAGEMENT FOR THE COMMISSION. 360 ENVIRONMENTAL DOES NOT HOLD ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MISUSE OF THIS DOC UMENT.K:\Projects\1.0 EBS\2188 Eco Surveys Lake Mackay\Figures\Fauna Survey\2188 Fauna Habitat Figure 13 Additional Habitat Assessments.mxd 2188AE Fauna Survey Lake Mackay Sulphate of Potash Project Agrimin 4 Results 4.1 Fauna Survey Limitations and Constraints Survey constraints are often difficult to predict, as is the extent to which they influence survey effort. The survey limitations and constraints of the fauna survey are outlined below in Table 8. Table 8: Limitations and constraints associated with the survey. VARIABLE IMPACT ON SURVEY OUTCOMES Access The Survey Area is extremely remote. The nearest township is the Kiwirrkurra Community which is approximately 65 km to the south-west of the lake/ Survey Area. It is virtually untouched, with very few existing access tracks. Access was provided exclusively by helicopter to each trap site and other assessment locations. This remoteness limited the extent to which opportunistic searches and more general fauna habitat assessments could be undertaken. Nevertheless, searches were undertaken as far as practicable in lieu of the access and transportation constraints. The focus of the survey effort was primarily on the proposed infrastructure areas, two large islands on the lake and other, smaller locations. The six trap sites were located in habitats that are representative of those found in the Survey Area. However, given the Survey Area’s size, there were sections that were not accessed, although the habitats that these areas supported were assessed in other locations throughout the Survey Area, where possible. Experience The personnel who undertook the survey were practitioners suitably qualified in their respective fields: Project Manager, Field Staff and Report Review: Dr Ron Firth (Principal Zoologist); and Field Staff, Data Interpretation and Reporting: Laura Stevens (Zoologist). Timing, weather, season The survey was undertaken from the 10 – 19 May 2017. The most relevant and reliable Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) weather station for the Survey Area is Walungurru Airport (Site No. 15664), approximately 80 km south-east 360 Environmental Pty Ltd 41 2188AE Fauna Survey Lake Mackay Sulphate of Potash Project Agrimin VARIABLE IMPACT ON SURVEY OUTCOMES of the southern boundary of the Survey Area. Walungurru Airport weather station recorded 804.2 mm of rain in the 12 months prior to survey (May 2016 – April 2017) which is 498.1 mm above the long-term average rainfall for the same period (see Figure 2). In the three months prior to the survey (February 2017 – April 2017), 119.4 mm of rainfall was recorded which is just below the 130.8 mm average rainfall for the same period (BoM 2017). During the survey period, no rainfall was noted in the Survey Area and none was recorded at the Walungurru Airport weather station (see Table 1). On average, rainfall in May is relatively low with the long-term average being 20.6 mm. Maximum temperatures during the survey were close to the long-term average, though slightly higher on five of the 10 survey days (Table 1). Minimum temperatures during the survey were relatively close to the long-term average on four of the 10 days, but below the long-term average on six of the 10 days (noticeably lower on five of the six days) (see Table 1). It is worth noting that the Survey Area is a substantial distance from the Walungurru Airport weather station. As a result, there are likely to be differences in rainfall and temperature records related to localised effects, though these are unlikely to be significant. Scope: Life forms sampled This was a Level 2 fauna survey, comprising a desktop review of secondary data and a field survey that included baseline trapping, habitat assessments, systematic and opportunistic observations, acoustic micro bat call recordings and camera traps. Vertebrate groups targeted during the survey were reptiles, birds and mammals (including micro bats). Sources of information The desktop analysis used several sources to produce a list of fauna species previously recorded in the vicinity of the Survey Area. This includes records from the DPaW Threatened Fauna Database Search, (DPaW 2017a), the EPBC Protected Matters Search Tool (DEE 2017) and NatureMap (DPaW 2017b) as well as past consultant reports, field guides and other scientific literature (although 360 Environmental Pty Ltd 42 2188AE Fauna Survey Lake Mackay Sulphate of Potash Project Agrimin VARIABLE IMPACT ON SURVEY OUTCOMES this was relatively limited for the general area).
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    Multequina ISSN: 0327-9375 [email protected] Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas Argentina Cei, José M. Comparative studies of supraocular lepidosis in squamata (reptilia) and its relationships with an evolutionary taxonomy Multequina, núm. 16, 2007, pp. 1-52 Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas Mendoza, Argentina Disponible en: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42801601 Cómo citar el artículo Número completo Sistema de Información Científica Más información del artículo Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal Página de la revista en redalyc.org Proyecto académico sin fines de lucro, desarrollado bajo la iniciativa de acceso abierto ISSN 0327-9375 COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF SUPRAOCULAR LEPIDOSIS IN SQUAMATA (REPTILIA) AND ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH AN EVOLUTIONARY TAXONOMY ESTUDIOS COMPARATIVOS DE LA LEPIDOSIS SUPRA-OCULAR EN SQUAMATA (REPTILIA) Y SU RELACIÓN CON LA TAXONOMÍA EVOLUCIONARIA JOSÉ M. CEI † las subfamilias Leiosaurinae y RESUMEN Enyaliinae. Siempre en Iguania Observaciones morfológicas Pleurodonta se evidencian ejemplos previas sobre un gran número de como los inconfundibles patrones de especies permiten establecer una escamas supraoculares de correspondencia entre la Opluridae, Leucocephalidae, peculiaridad de los patrones Polychrotidae, Tropiduridae. A nivel sistemáticos de las escamas específico la interdependencia en supraoculares de Squamata y la Iguanidae de los géneros Iguana, posición evolutiva de cada taxón Cercosaura, Brachylophus,