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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.58581

Preserved specimen of Demansia psammophis (Schlegel, 1837) | Yellow-faced Whip Snake recorded on 1958-01-08
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number R.58581
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2112870","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.58581"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.58581
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Lambeck, R  
Collector Copland, J. Stephen  
Supplied as "Copland, Mr Stephen J"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]
Date identified 1989
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2012528
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date 1958-01-08
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Demansia psammophis
Supplied scientific name "Demansia psammophis (Schlegel, 1837)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Yellow-faced Whip Snake
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Elapidae
Genus Demansia
Species Demansia psammophis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Demansia psammophis (Schlegel, 1837)
Scientific name authorship (Schlegel, 1837)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Schlegel, 1837)
Verbatim taxon rank 1

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -28.916
Supplied as: "-28.916"
Longitude 152.766
Supplied as: "152.766"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Deep Creek, 3 miles South of Deep Creek, South of Casino
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Deep Creek, 3 miles South of Deep Creek, South of Casino (28° 55' S, 152° 46' E) 08/01/1958 - 08/01/1958, Copland, Mr Stephen John(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 28° 55' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 152° 46' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2014/6/16
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2014/6/16
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER Border Ranges GER Border Ranges
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 North Coast
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North Coast
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Queensland
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Queensland
    IBRA 7 Subregions Woodenbong
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 RICHMOND RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Kyogle (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Kyogle
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KYOGLE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions North Coast
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 26
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1639
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CASINO REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) RICHMOND VALLEY - HINTERLAND
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) RICHMOND - TWEED
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) PAGE
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) RICHMOND VALLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) RICHMOND VALLEY EXC. CASINO
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NSW CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LISMORE
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Tall Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Tall Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Tall Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus (+/- tall) open forest with a dense broad-leaved and/or tree-fern understorey (wet sclerophyll)
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1108.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 125.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 101.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 52.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 452.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 45.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 461.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 25.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 25.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.44
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 22.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.833334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.76
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.95
    Elevation 301.0 m