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Occurrence record: Reptile:R02072

Preserved specimen of Suta punctata (Boulenger, 1896) | Little Spotted Snake recorded on 1976-02-29
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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 R02072
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R02072
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by G.F. Gow  
Identified date 1975
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
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 1975

Event

Occurrence date 1976-02-29
Supplied as year:1976  month:2  day:29 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Suta punctata
Identified to rank species
Common name Little Spotted Snake
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Supplied as "Serpentes"
Family Elapidae
Genus Suta
Species Suta punctata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Boulenger, 1896)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality 5 miles E of Victoria River Downs Homestead
Latitude -16.4
Supplied as: "-16.4"
Longitude 131.017
Supplied as: "131.017"
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
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Ord Victoria Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Ord Victoria Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions South Kimberley Interzone
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 VICTORIA RIVER-WISO
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Local Government Areas 2011 Victoria-Daly (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Victoria
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 VICTORIA DALY REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 330
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 405
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) VICTORIA RIVER
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WALANGERI
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) WALANGERI OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) STUART
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 760.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 120.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 267.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 58.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 537.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 11.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 27.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 11.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.54 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.32
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 38.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 31.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.2875 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.27
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.77
    Elevation 90.0 m