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Occurrence record: Reptile:R20611

Preserved specimen of Demansia quaesitor Shea, 2007 | Sombre Whipsnake recorded on 1994-08-30
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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 R20611
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R20611
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by G. Shea  
Specimen type PARATYPE  
Supplied as "Paratype of Demansia quaesitor Shea, 2007"
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 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
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2007
Typified name Demansia quaesitor Shea, 2007

Event

Occurrence date 1994-08-30
Supplied as year:1994  month:8  day:30 
End day of year 242
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 242

Taxonomy

Scientific name Demansia quaesitor
Identified to rank species
Common name Sombre Whipsnake
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Supplied as "Serpentes"
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 Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality Cape Crawford area, Carpentaria Region
Latitude -16.597
Supplied as: "-16.597"
Longitude 135.893
Supplied as: "135.893"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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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) Gulf Fall and Uplands
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) McArthur
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Gulf Fall and Uplands
    IBRA 7 Regions Gulf Fall and Uplands
    IBRA 7 Subregions McArthur
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 McARTHUR RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Gulf
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Mabunji - Mungoorbada Outstations
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Katherine
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Northern Territory
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lingiari
    Local Government Areas 2011 Roper Gulf (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Gulf
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ROPER GULF REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 777
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1091
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GULF
    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) GULF
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MABUNJI - MUNGOORBADA OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARKLY
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Barkly
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Gulf
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NT
    Local Government Areas 2023 Roper Gulf
    Postal Areas 2021 0852
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Northern Territory
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Gulf
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Katherine
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Northern Territory - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Katherine Daly
    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 Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus low open woodlands with hummock grass
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 48.0 frequency
    Species Richness 30.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 726.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 122.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 342.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 48.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 525.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 14.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 26.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 11.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.55 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.32
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 38.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 31.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 722.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 6.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 0.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 6.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 114.23918 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 345.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 173.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 486.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.975 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 25.599998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 12.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 21.75 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 14.483334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 21.75 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 56.575523 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 371.6517
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 38.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 30.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 29.65 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.27
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.79
    Elevation 86.0 m