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Occurrence record: REPT:R171655

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 R171655
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:REPT:R171655
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet
Identified by PALMER, R.  
Collector COWAN, M., GIBSON, L. & STANKOWSKI, S.
Sex Female
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [FUNNEL TRAP]
Date identified 2009-01-01

Event

Event ID KIMBERLEY ISLAND SURVEY
Sampling protocol FUNNEL TRAP  
Verbatim event date 2009-05-23
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 Wulalam island
Latitude -16.252222
Supplied as: "-16.252222"
Longitude 123.824444
Supplied as: "123.824444"
Datum EPSG:4326
Island Wulalam Island
Island group Buccaneer Archipelago
Coordinate precision Unknown
Municipality WULALAM ISLAND
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 16°15`08"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 123°49`28"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Northern Kimberley
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Mitchell
    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
    IBRA 6 Regions Northern Kimberley
    IBRA 7 Regions Northern Kimberley
    IBRA 7 Subregions Mitchell
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ISDELL RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Outer Derby - West Kimberley
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Outer Derby - West Kimberley
    Indigenous Regions 2021 West Kimberley
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Kimberley
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Islands
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Durack
    Local Government Areas 2011 Derby-West Kimberley (S)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF DERBY-WEST KIMBERLEY
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Dambimangari
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 555
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1162
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) DERBY - WEST KIMBERLEY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KIMBERLEY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (NORTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) OUTER DERBY - WEST KIMBERLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) OUTER DERBY - WEST KIMBERLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) WEST KIMBERLEY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral)
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Derby - West Kimberley
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of WA
    Local Government Areas 2023 Derby-West Kimberley
    Postal Areas 2021 6728
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Western Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Derby - West Kimberley
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Kimberley
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Western Australia - Outback (North)
    Tourism Regions 2021 Australia's North West
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Other native forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Hummock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 371.0 frequency
    Species Richness 256.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 997.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 19.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 131.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 380.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 74.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 771.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 15.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 19.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.58 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.64
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1024.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 22.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 1.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 9.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 131.94499 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 430.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 319.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 793.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.441668 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 13.300001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 19.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 24.45 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 24.866667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 54.511272 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 204.85951
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 32.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 29.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 28.9 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 59.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.38
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99
    Elevation 28.0 m