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Occurrence record: Reptile:R00991

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 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 R00991
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R00991
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by G.F. Gow  
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
Date identified 1975

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1969, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1969 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Supplied as: "QLD"
Locality Townsville
Latitude -19.267
Supplied as: "-19.267"
Longitude 146.817
Supplied as: "146.817"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Brigalow Belt North
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Townsville Plains
    NRM Regions 2010 Burdekin
    NRM Regions 2017 Burdekin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Burdekin
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Brigalow Belt North
    IBRA 7 Regions Brigalow Belt North
    IBRA 7 Subregions Townsville Plains
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ROSS RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Townsville (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Railway Estate
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TOWNSVILLE CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 241
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 5915
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH TOWNSVILLE - RAILWAY ESTATE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) HERBERT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Townsville
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    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 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Mangroves,tidal mudflats,samphires and bare areas,claypan,sand,rock,salt lakes,lagoons,lakes
    Vegetation types - present Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 60879.0 frequency
    Species Richness 6139.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1011.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 48.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 42.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 101.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 627.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 72.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 638.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.03
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 2062.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 56.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 9.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 42.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 125.09706 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 1115.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 675.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1491.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.579166 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 14.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 20.333334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.291667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 21.05 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 49.35516 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 307.36014
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 31.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 27.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.716667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.98
    Elevation 31.0 m