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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.128827

Preserved specimen of Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) | Collared Whipsnake recorded on 1945-08
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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.128827
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2029780","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.128827"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.128827
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Sadlier, Dr Ross Allen - Australian Museum - Herpetology  
Collector Gamble, T W.
Specimen type cited: Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) : Elapidae : Squamata : Reptilia : Chordata;cited: Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) : Elapidae : : Reptilia : Chordata;cited: Demansia torquata 1862 : Elapidae : Squamata : Reptilia : Chordata;cited: Demansia torquata : Elapidae : : Reptilia : Chordata
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 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1991
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2011075
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1945, Month: 8, Day:
Supplied date "1945-08"
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Demansia torquata
Supplied scientific name "Demansia torquata 1862"
Identified to rank species
Common name Collared Whipsnake
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Elapidae
Genus Demansia
Species Demansia torquata
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Demansia torquata 1862
Scientific name authorship (Günther, 1862)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to 1862

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -16.533
Supplied as: "-16.533"
Longitude 145.133
Supplied as: "145.133"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Mt.Carbine
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, Mt.Carbine (16° 32' S, 145° 08' E) /08/1945 - /08/1945, Gamble, T W(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 16° 32' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 8' E

Additional properties

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

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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 388a7b58-5fe8-4c79-921d-0fac023fc34e
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Demansia torquata 1862
    Coordinates -16.533,145.133
    Related records
    Record UUID 4fa0d317-e5ba-4180-b913-ac1171c48760
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Demansia torquata 1862
    Coordinates -16.533,145.133

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Einasleigh Uplands
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Hodgkinson Basin
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Gulf
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Gulf
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Gulf
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Gulf
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Einasleigh Uplands
    IBRA 7 Regions Einasleigh Uplands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Hodgkinson Basin
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MITCHELL-COLEMAN RIVERS (QLD)
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Kuranda - Croydon
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Western Yalanji and Mareeba Shire Council
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Etheridge Tablelands
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Cairns - Atherton
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Queensland Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Kennedy
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Western Yalanji and Mareeba Shire Council
    Local Government Areas 2011 Tablelands (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Mareeba
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MAREEBA SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 57
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1654
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TABLELANDS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KURANDA - CROYDON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ETHERIDGE TABLELANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Cook
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Tablelands
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Local Government Areas 2023 Mareeba
    Postal Areas 2021 4871
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Tablelands
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Far North
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Queensland - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Tropical North Queensland
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Other native forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non 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 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 20789.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1142.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 974.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 35.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 106.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 529.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 62.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 644.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 17.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.57 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.86
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 883.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 22.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 5.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 16.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 105.88314 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 410.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 219.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 564.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.066668 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 14.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 20.633333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 10.516666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 21.466667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 59.082397 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 249.30206
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 32.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 26.766666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 26.116667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 59.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.49
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99
    Elevation 426.0 m