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Occurrence record: Reptile:R01150

Preserved specimen of Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) | Collared Whipsnake
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Reptile Collection
Supplied collection code "Reptile"
Catalog number R01150
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R01150
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by G.F. Gow  
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 1975

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1966, Month: 9, Day:
Supplied as year:1966  month:9 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Demansia torquata
Identified to rank species
Common name Collared Whipsnake
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Supplied as "Serpentes"
Family Elapidae
Genus Demansia
Species Demansia torquata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Günther, 1862)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Supplied as: "QLD"
Locality Hartleys Creek
Latitude -16.667
Supplied as: "-16.667"
Longitude 145.533
Supplied as: "145.533"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Macalister Range
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Macalister Range
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Macalister Range
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Wet Tropics
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Macalister
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Macalister
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MOSSMAN RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Cairns - Far North Coast
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Wangetti Project (Northern Area) ILUA
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Mossman - Surrounds
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Cairns - Atherton
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Queensland Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Leichhardt
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cairns (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Douglas
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DOUGLAS SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 96
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 844
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) PORT DOUGLAS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) PORT DOUGLAS - DAINTREE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAIRNS - FAR NORTH COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MOSSMAN - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Cook
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Port Douglas
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Local Government Areas 2023 Douglas
    Postal Areas 2021 4877
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Port Douglas
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Port Douglas - Daintree
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Cairns
    Tourism Regions 2021 Tropical North Queensland
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Rainforest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Rainforests and Vine Thickets
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical or sub-tropical rainforest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 5942.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1280.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1826.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 112.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 96.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 93.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 917.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 106.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1118.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.54 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.82
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 2602.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 178.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 51.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 160.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 80.620964 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 907.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 569.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1409.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 22.458334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 14.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 15.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 19.15 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.4500003 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 19.766666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 53.214287 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 241.68756
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 29.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 25.066666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 24.116667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 57.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.68
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 256.0 m