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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.185591.001

Preserved specimen of Hydrophis elegans (Gray, 1842) | Elegant Seasnake recorded on 2015
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number R.185591.001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1970353","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.185591.001"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.185591.001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1232453
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 2015, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "2015"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Hydrophis elegans
Supplied scientific name "Hydrophis elegans (Gray, 1842)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Elegant Seasnake
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Elapidae
Genus Hydrophis
Species Hydrophis elegans
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Hydrophis elegans (Gray, 1842)
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1842)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Gray, 1842)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -32.733
Supplied as: "-32.733"
Longitude 152.183
Supplied as: "152.183"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Newcastle, Fingle Bay
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Newcastle, Fingle Bay (32° 44' S, 152° 11' E) 2015 - 2015, Hodges, Jason - Native Animal Trust Fund (NATF)(Collector), Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32° 44' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 152° 11' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/4/16
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Tomaree
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Tomaree
    GER Hunter Valley GER Hunter Valley
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    NRM Regions 2010 Hunter-Central Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Hunter
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Hunter
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Karuah Manning
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Port Stephens (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Port Stephens
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PORT STEPHENS COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Hunter
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 26
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3337
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) NELSON BAY PENINSULA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) PORT STEPHENS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HUNTER VALLEY EXC NEWCASTLE
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) PATERSON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) PORT STEPHENS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) PORT STEPHENS - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NSW CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    Vegetation types - native Heathlands
    Vegetation types - present Heathlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1352.6 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 323.8 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 239.8 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 27.2 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 324.2 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 41.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 455.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.56 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 34.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.12 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.26 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.140001 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.68 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.26 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.9800005 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.454 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.202
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.58 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 18.58 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.029167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.818
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0