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Occurrence record: Herpetology:J79867

Preserved specimen of Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) | Collared Whipsnake recorded on 1977-05-28
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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 J79867
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J79867
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by A Amey  
Identified date 21 Nov 2011
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes N2947
Date identified 2011-11-21
Supplied as 21 Nov 2011

Event

Occurrence date 1977-05-28
Verbatim event date 28 May 1977
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 Stanton Hill, Townsville
Latitude -19.2485857
Supplied as: "-19.25"
Longitude 146.8008375
Supplied as: "146.8"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Field notes N2947
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 19° 15' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 48' East

Additional properties

object id 107450

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Burdekin
    NRM Regions 2017 Burdekin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Burdekin
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Brigalow Belt North
    IBRA 7 Regions Brigalow Belt North
    IBRA 7 Subregions Townsville Plains
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ROSS 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 Townsville (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated North Ward-Castle Hill
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TOWNSVILLE CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 241
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 5915
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TOWNSVILLE CITY - NORTH WARD
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) HERBERT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Regrowth, modified native vegetation

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1037.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 49.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 102.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 641.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 74.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 655.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.02
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.554167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.98
    Elevation 33.0 m