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Occurrence record: Herpetology:J80568

Preserved specimen of Hydrophis curtus (Shaw, 1802) | Spine-bellied Seasnake recorded on 1995-10-20
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Amphibians and Reptiles
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number J80568
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J80568
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Life stage Male
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes 1154
Sampling protocol [Trawler bycatch]

Event

Occurrence date 1995-10-20
Sampling protocol Trawler bycatch  
Verbatim event date 20 Oct 1995
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Hydrophis curtus
Identified to rank species
Common name Spine-bellied Seasnake
Supplied common name "Spine-bellied Sea Snake"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Elapidae
Genus Hydrophis
Species Hydrophis curtus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Shaw, 1802)
Subfamily Hydrophiinae
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Duyfken Point, NW
Latitude -12.45
Supplied as: "-12.45"
Longitude 141.55
Supplied as: "141.55"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 16
Field notes 1154
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 12° 27' South
Biome MARINE
Continent Oceania
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 141° 33' East

Additional properties

object id QMJ80568

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Torres Strait & far Northern GBR
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions West Cape York
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COOK SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK