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Occurrence record: REPT:R21209

Preserved specimen of Hydrophis platurus platurus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Yellow-bellied Seasnake
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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 R21209
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:REPT:R21209
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet
Identified by Storr, G.M.  
Identified date 1/1/1963
Collector Severn, J.  
Supplied as "SEVERN,J."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1963-01-01
Supplied as 1/1/1963

Event

Verbatim event date 22/8/1963
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Hydrophis platurus platurus
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Yellow-bellied Seasnake
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Supplied as "Animalia"
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Elapidae
Genus Hydrophis
Species Hydrophis platurus
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet platurus
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1766)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Cottesloe beach
Latitude -32.0
Supplied as: "-32"
Longitude 115.75
Supplied as: "115.75"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Municipality COTTESLOE BEACH
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32°00`00"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115°45`00"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Cottesloe Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Cottesloe Reef
    NRM Regions 2010 Perth
    NRM Regions 2017 Swan Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Swan Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Leeuwin-Naturaliste
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.4375 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %