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Occurrence record: Herpetology:J33508

Preserved specimen of Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) | Collared Whipsnake recorded on 1976-09-30
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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 J33508
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J33508
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by G M Shea  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes N11961
Previous identifications Demansia torquata
Date identified 2007

Event

Occurrence date 1976-09-30
Verbatim event date 30 Sep 1976
Date precision DAY

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 Long Is, Whitsunday Group
Latitude -20.333333
Supplied as: "-20.333333"
Longitude 148.85
Supplied as: "148.85"
Datum EPSG:4326
Field notes N11961
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 20° 20' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 148° 51' East

Additional properties

object id VE55790

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Central & North GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    NRM Regions 2010 Mackay Whitsunday
    NRM Regions 2017 Mackay Whitsunday
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Mackay Whitsunday
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Lucinda-Mackay Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Whitsunday
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WHITSUNDAY REGIONAL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WHITSUNDAY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1669.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 152.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 105.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 74.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 764.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 87.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 848.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 20.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.44 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.02
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.1625 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.74
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0