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Occurrence record: REPT:R98878

Preserved specimen of Hydrophis platurus platurus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Yellow-bellied Seasnake
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
Supplied collection code "REPT"
Catalog number R98878
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:REPT:R98878
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet
Identified by SMITH, L.A.  
Identified date 1988-01-01
Collector Jones, B.  
Supplied as "JONES,B."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1988-01-01

Event

Verbatim event date 1988-08-12
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality GOODE BEACH, ALBANY
Latitude -35.033333
Supplied as: "-35.033333"
Longitude 117.883333
Supplied as: "117.883333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Municipality GOODE BEACH
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35°02`00"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 117°53`00"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions SW West Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions WA South Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF ALBANY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) SOUTH WEST REGION

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 875.6 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 373.8 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 80.6 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 55.6 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 85.4 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 33.8 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 380.6 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.08 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 41.2
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.76 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.559999 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.66 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.639999 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.66 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.76 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.528 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.88199997
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.24 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.04 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.78 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.4125 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 55.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.652
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 38.0 m