Search Specimens

OZCAM (Online Zoo-log-i-cal Col-lec-tions of Aus-tralian Muse-ums) pro-vides access to an online data-base of records aggre-gated from fau-nal col-lec-tions data-bases in Aus-tralian museums.

Occurrence record: Herpetology:J77687

Preserved specimen of Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) | Collared Whipsnake recorded on 2001-12-09
   API

Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Amphibians and Reptiles
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number J77687
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J77687
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by A Amey  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2011-11-21
Supplied as 21 Nov 2011

Event

Occurrence date 2001-12-09
Verbatim event date 09 Dec 2001
End day of year 343
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 343

Taxonomy

Scientific name Demansia torquata
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)
Subfamily Hydrophiinae
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Jensen's Crossing, 17 km W Cooktown
Latitude -15.430278
Supplied as: "-15.430278"
Longitude 145.153333
Supplied as: "145.153333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 15° 25' 49" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 9' 12" East

Additional properties

object id VE123801

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
    Show/Hide 96 passed properties
    Show/Hide 6 missing properties
    Show/Hide 21 tests that have not been run

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Starke Coastal Lowlands
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Starke Coastal Lowlands
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ENDEAVOUR 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 Cook (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cook
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COOK SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 59
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 590
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAPE YORK WILDERNESS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Cook
    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 Other native forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Rainforests and Vine Thickets
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical or sub-tropical rainforest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 22850.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1089.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1725.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 82.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 56.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 97.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 804.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 97.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1053.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 22.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.71
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1951.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 86.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 17.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 65.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 100.11991 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 683.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 429.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1229.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 25.570833 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 12.900002 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 18.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 22.633333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 6.6916666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 24.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 51.87338 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 211.8582
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 31.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 27.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.416666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 57.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.62
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 20.0 m