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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.41095

Preserved specimen of Demansia papuensis (Macleay, 1877) | Greater Black Whipsnake recorded on 1973-07-22
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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.41095
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2094388","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.41095"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.41095
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Shea, G  
Collector Gow, G  
Supplied as "Gow, G"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]
Date identified 1995
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2022005
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1973-07-22
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Demansia papuensis
Supplied scientific name "Demansia papuensis (Macleay, 1877)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Greater Black Whipsnake
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Elapidae
Genus Demansia
Species Demansia papuensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Demansia papuensis (Macleay, 1877)
Scientific name authorship (Macleay, 1877)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Macleay, 1877)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -14.4
Supplied as: "-14.4"
Longitude 132.15
Supplied as: "132.15"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Katherine Farms
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Northern Territory, Katherine Farms (14° 24' S, 132° 09' E) 22/07/1973 - 22/07/1973, Gow, G(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 14° 24' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 132° 9' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2014/6/16
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2014/6/16
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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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 Daly Basin
    IBRA 7 Regions Daly Basin
    IBRA 7 Subregions Daly Basin
    Fire
    National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset 2019-2020 - v20200324 National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent 2019-2020
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DALY RIVER
    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 Katherine (T)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Katherine
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KATHERINE MUNICIPALITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 711
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2179
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KATHERINE
    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) KATHERINE TOWN
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) KATHERINE EXC. TOWN CAMPS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) KATHERINE
    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 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Tropical Eucalypt Woodlands/Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical Eucalyptus forest and woodlands with a tall annual grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Tropical eucalypt woodlands/grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tropical eucalypt woodlands/grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1093.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 117.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 344.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 67.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 753.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 10.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 13.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 22.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.55 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.03
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.125 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 57.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.43
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 136.0 m