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Occurrence record: REPT:R41558

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 R41558
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:REPT:R41558
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet
Identified by SMITH, L.A.  
Collector Morrison, K.D. Et  
Supplied as "MORRISON,K.D. ET AL"
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1972-01-01

Event

Verbatim event date 1972-09-06
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
Subspecies Hydrophis platurus platurus
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1766)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Geographe bay
Latitude -33.583333
Supplied as: "-33.583333"
Longitude 115.416667
Supplied as: "115.416667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Municipality GEOGRAPHE BAY
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33°35`00"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115°25`00"E

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions SW West Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Ngari Capes
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Ngari Capes
    NRM Regions 2010 South West
    NRM Regions 2017 South West Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South West Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Leeuwin-Naturaliste
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF BUSSELTON