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Occurrence record: Herpetology:D10062

Preserved specimen of Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) | Collared Whipsnake
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Herpetology Collection
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number D10062
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Herpetology:PreservedSpecimen:D10062
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit|Wet
Collector Unknown
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Reptilia | Lepidosauria | Squamata | Ophidia serpentes | Xenophidia colubroidea caenophidia | Elapidae
Scientific name Demansia torquata
Supplied scientific name "Demansia torquata (Günther, 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 exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Günther, 1862)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Locality Arnhem Land, Roper River Mission
Latitude -14.28
Supplied as: "-14.28"
Longitude 135.73
Supplied as: "135.73"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Arnhem Land, Roper River Mission
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial South-East Arnhem Land
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial South-East Arnhem Land
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Central Arnhem
    IBRA 7 Regions Central Arnhem
    IBRA 7 Subregions Wilton
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 WALKER 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 Roper Gulf (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Numbulwar/Numburindi
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ROPER GULF REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 646
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 686
    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) NUMBULWAR AND OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) NUMBULWAR AND OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NHULUNBUY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARNHEM
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1738.0 frequency
    Species Richness 565.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1012.375 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 112.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 395.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 60.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 679.375 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 15.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.175001 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.4625 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.825 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.1625 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.575001 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.57 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.935
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.275 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.25 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.3625 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.254168 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 55.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.44
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99
    Elevation 8.0 m