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Occurrence record: REPT:R28071

Preserved specimen of Demansia quaesitor Shea, 2007 | Sombre Whipsnake
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
Supplied collection code "REPT"
Catalog number R28071
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:REPT:R28071
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet
Identified by SHEA, G.M.  
Collector BUTLER,W.H.
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2007-01-01

Event

Verbatim event date 1965-06-01
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Demansia quaesitor
Identified to rank species
Common name Sombre Whipsnake
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Supplied as "Animalia"
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Elapidae
Genus Demansia
Species Demansia quaesitor
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Shea, 2007
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Koolan island
Latitude -16.15
Supplied as: "-16.15"
Longitude 123.75
Supplied as: "123.75"
Datum EPSG:4326
Island Koolan Island
Island group Buccaneer Archipelago
Coordinate precision Unknown
Municipality KOOLAN ISLAND
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 16°09`00"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 123°45`00"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Kimberley Coast
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Kimberley
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northwest Shelf Transition
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Kimberley
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Kimberley
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF DERBY-WEST KIMBERLEY
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Dambimangari

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2427.0 frequency
    Species Richness 695.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1010.44446 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 19.555555 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 7.4444447 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 130.22223 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 381.8889 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 73.77778 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 778.55554 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.98889 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 15.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.41111 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.833334 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 20.188889 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.133333 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.5444446 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.855555 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.58 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.5966667
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.477777 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.066668 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1005.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 24.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 2.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 9.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 133.05931 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 416.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 319.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 784.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.658333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 13.299999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 19.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 24.75 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.4166665 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 25.216667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 55.764412 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 199.0527
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 33.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 29.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 29.0 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 60.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.3911111
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99
    Elevation 45.0 m