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Occurrence record: Reptile:R00929

Preserved specimen of Demansia quaesitor Shea, 2007 | Sombre Whipsnake recorded on 1972-01-02
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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 R00929
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R00929
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by G. Shea  
Specimen type PARATYPE  
Supplied as "Paratype of Demansia quaesitor Shea, 2007"
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
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
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2007
Typified name Demansia quaesitor Shea, 2007

Event

Occurrence date 1972-01-02
Supplied as year:1972  month:1  day:2 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Demansia quaesitor
Identified to rank species
Common name Sombre Whipsnake
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Supplied as "Serpentes"
Family Elapidae
Genus Demansia
Species Demansia quaesitor
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Shea, 2007
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Supplied as: "QLD"
Locality Hartleys Creek, 27 Miles North Of Cairns
Latitude -16.583
Supplied as: "-16.583"
Longitude 145.5
Supplied as: "145.5"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 55131202-3483-4625-80f6-096b00802f2e
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -17.733333,128.15
    Related records
    Record UUID 07ee7dc8-cf9b-4d48-bb55-f778d046d9fb
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Demansia quaesitor
    Coordinates -16.4,131.017
    Record UUID 28947319-b38c-4396-87f2-ba4b24c00287
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Demansia quaesitor
    Coordinates -18.1,138.3
    Record UUID 9f161920-dc5b-4d30-863d-0771d1f88d7f
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -16.25,128.75
    Record UUID b2ab1d88-138a-410e-8fe2-e94ce8440b4c
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -17.716667,128.166667
    Record UUID dc76433e-d128-4c8e-b771-ae89e233b6a6
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Demansia quaesitor
    Coordinates -16.628,135.792
    Record UUID cbaade7d-4ddc-4ab4-bcea-30205ce74b4b
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -16.433333,129.616667
    Record UUID ff857ab4-f08b-4c8b-a426-7571b702627b
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -16.583333,128.483333
    Record UUID 5d9ea4d4-cb2d-4f5d-aa94-fdf98324c01a
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -16.5,128.483333
    Record UUID 82b8c1f8-d36e-45d6-a7c7-0ca733051814
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Demansia quaesitor
    Coordinates -16.583,145.5
    Record UUID 40ed1abc-7587-4232-888d-552c8952e805
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Demansia quaesitor
    Coordinates -17.417,137.712

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Macalister Range
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Macalister Range
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Macalister
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MOSSMAN 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 Cairns (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Douglas
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DOUGLAS SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 96
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 844
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) PORT DOUGLAS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) PORT DOUGLAS - DAINTREE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAIRNS - FAR NORTH COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MOSSMAN - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Rainforest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non 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 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1916.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 117.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 101.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 91.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 948.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 108.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1156.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 17.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.54 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.81
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.120832 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 58.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.69
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 252.0 m