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Occurrence record: Herpetology:J49505

Preserved specimen of Hydrophis platurus platurus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Yellow-bellied Seasnake
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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 J49505
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J49505
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Skeleton
Identified by A Amey  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Previous identifications Hydrophis platurus
Date identified 2021-11-19
Supplied as 19 Nov 2021

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Hydrophis platurus platurus
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Yellow-bellied Seasnake
Supplied common name "Yellow-bellied Sea Snake"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Elapidae
Genus Hydrophis
Species Hydrophis platurus
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet platurus
Subspecies Hydrophis platurus platurus
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1766)
Subfamily Hydrophiinae
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Eastern Gulf of Carpentaria
Latitude -12.0
Supplied as: "-12"
Longitude 141.5
Supplied as: "141.5"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 12° South
Biome MARINE
Continent Oceania
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 141° 30' East

Additional properties

object id VE54622

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Torres Strait & far Northern GBR
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions West Cape York
    Marine
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COOK SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK