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Occurrence record: Herpetology:J47791

Preserved specimen of Demansia quaesitor Shea, 2007 | Sombre Whipsnake recorded on 1988-04-24
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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 J47791
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J47791
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by G M Shea  
Specimen type PARATYPE  
Supplied as "Paratype"
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Previous identifications Demansia olivacea
Date identified 2007

Event

Occurrence date 1988-04-24
Verbatim event date 24 Apr 1988
End day of year 115
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 115

Taxonomy

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Bowthorn Stn
Latitude -18.1
Supplied as: "-18.1"
Longitude 138.3
Supplied as: "138.3"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 18° 6' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138° 18' East

Additional properties

object id VE53779

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 55131202-3483-4625-80f6-096b00802f2e
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -17.733333,128.15
    Related records
    Record UUID 07ee7dc8-cf9b-4d48-bb55-f778d046d9fb
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Demansia quaesitor
    Coordinates -16.4,131.017
    Record UUID 28947319-b38c-4396-87f2-ba4b24c00287
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Demansia quaesitor
    Coordinates -18.1,138.3
    Record UUID 9f161920-dc5b-4d30-863d-0771d1f88d7f
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -16.25,128.75
    Record UUID b2ab1d88-138a-410e-8fe2-e94ce8440b4c
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -17.716667,128.166667
    Record UUID dc76433e-d128-4c8e-b771-ae89e233b6a6
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Demansia quaesitor
    Coordinates -16.628,135.792
    Record UUID cbaade7d-4ddc-4ab4-bcea-30205ce74b4b
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -16.433333,129.616667
    Record UUID ff857ab4-f08b-4c8b-a426-7571b702627b
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -16.583333,128.483333
    Record UUID 5d9ea4d4-cb2d-4f5d-aa94-fdf98324c01a
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -16.5,128.483333
    Record UUID 82b8c1f8-d36e-45d6-a7c7-0ca733051814
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Demansia quaesitor
    Coordinates -16.583,145.5
    Record UUID 0bdfbcf9-a178-4f6f-90b8-836c584fe0af
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Demansia quaesitor
    Coordinates -17.483,130.95

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Sydney Basin
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Sydney Cataract
    NRM Regions 2010 Sydney Metro
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Subregions Sydney Cataract
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 WOLLONGONG COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Sutherland Shire
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Sutherland Shire - East
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Sydney - Wollongong
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    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
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Hughes
    Local Government Areas 2011 Sutherland Shire (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Sutherland Shire - East
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SUTHERLAND SHIRE COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 13
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2435
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER SYDNEY
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ROYAL NATIONAL PARK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SUTHERLAND - MENAI - HEATHCOTE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SYDNEY - SUTHERLAND
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) HUGHES
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SUTHERLAND SHIRE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SUTHERLAND SHIRE - EAST
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SYDNEY - WOLLONGONG
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Heathcote
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Royal National Park
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Sydney
    Local Government Areas 2023 Sutherland
    Postal Areas 2021 2232
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 New South Wales
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Royal National Park
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Sutherland - Menai - Heathcote
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Sydney - Sutherland
    Tourism Regions 2021 Sydney
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Other native forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Low Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Heathlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Heathlands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Heathlands
    Vegetation types - present Heathlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 49144.0 frequency
    Species Richness 3956.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1259.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 268.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 217.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 357.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 35.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 423.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 35.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 13.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.26
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 21.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 20.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1251.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 280.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 65.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 222.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 24.61031 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 336.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 150.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 402.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.466667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 18.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 6.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 11.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.35 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 12.483334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 46.388893 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 358.8513
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 24.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 20.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 20.616667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.84
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 97.0 m