Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.81166

Preserved specimen of Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) | Collared Whipsnake recorded on 1976-06-20

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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.81166
Other catalog numbers	["ecatalogue.irn:2137138","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.81166"]
Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.81166
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by	Sadlier, Dr Ross Allen - Australian Museum - Herpetology
Collector	Allen Greer
Specimen type	cited: Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) : Elapidae : Squamata : Reptilia : Chordata;cited: Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) : Elapidae : : Reptilia : Chordata;cited: Demansia torquata 1862 : Elapidae : Squamata : Reptilia : Chordata;cited: Demansia torquata : Elapidae : : Reptilia : Chordata
License	CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence	PRESENT
Sampling protocol	[COL]
Date identified	1991
Identification remarks	ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";

Event

Event ID	urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2026026
Identification remarks	ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
Occurrence date	1976-06-20
Sampling protocol	COL
End day of year	172
Date precision	DAY
Start day of year	172

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Demansia torquata Supplied scientific name "Demansia torquata 1862"
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	canonicalMatch
Accepted name	Demansia torquata 1862
Scientific name authorship	(Günther, 1862)
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Name according to	1862

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Queensland
Latitude	-17.166 Supplied as: "-17.166"
Longitude	144.533 Supplied as: "144.533"
Datum	EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality	Chillagoe, 3.2 Km Se of Chillagoe P.O. (By Rd.)
Location remarks	ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, Chillagoe, 3.2 Km Se of Chillagoe P.O. (By Rd.) (17° 10' S, 144° 32' E) 20/06/1976 - 20/06/1976, Greer, Dr Allen E - Australian Museum - Herpetology(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision	0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	10000.0
Terrestrial	true
Verbatim latitude	17° 10' S
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU
Verbatim longitude	144° 32' 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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Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Warning
Type status invalid	Warning
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Ambiguous collection	Passed
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Collection match fuzzy	Passed
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Coordinates centre of country	Passed
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SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
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Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
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Taxon homonym	Passed
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Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
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Taxonomic issue	Passed
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Missing georeference protocol	Missing
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
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Missing taxon rank	Missing
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Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
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Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
NRM Regions 2010	Northern Gulf
NRM Regions 2017	Northern Gulf
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	Northern Gulf
Biodiversity
IBRA 6 Regions	Einasleigh Uplands
IBRA 7 Regions	Einasleigh Uplands
IBRA 7 Subregions	Hodgkinson Basin
Hydrology
Drainage Divisions Level 1	Carpentaria Coast
Drainage Divisions Level 2	MITCHELL-COLEMAN RIVERS (QLD)
Marine
States including coastal waters	Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	Queensland
Australian States and Territories	Queensland
Indigenous Land Use Agreements	Wakamin People and Australian Fine Grain Marble Pty Ltd #2
Local Government Areas 2011	Tablelands (R)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Mareeba
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	MAREEBA SHIRE
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	57
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	1654
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF QLD
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	TABLELANDS
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	FAR NORTH
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	KENNEDY
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	KURANDA - CROYDON
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	ETHERIDGE TABLELANDS
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	CAIRNS - ATHERTON
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Very Remote Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	COOK
PSMA States (2016)	QUEENSLAND
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Vegetation
Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0	Other special rights, Native forest
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Rainforest
Forests of Australia 2018B	Eucalypt Medium Woodland
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups	Eucalypt Woodlands
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Leasehold
Vegetation types - native	Eucalypt woodlands
Vegetation types - present	Eucalyptus woodlands

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	9598.0 frequency
Species Richness	1154.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	832.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	15.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	0.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	9.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	118.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	452.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	56.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	588.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	20.2 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	16.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	23.4 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	24.0 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	22.8 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	11.4 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	19.7 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	13.4 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	20.5 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.59 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	1.03
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	34.2 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	27.3 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	27.0 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	24.6625 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	60.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.42
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	0.98
Elevation	400.0 m

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Demansia torquata 1862	Demansia torquata
	Match type		canonicalMatch
	Phylum id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/065f1da4-53cd-40b8-a396-80fa5c74dedd
	Family id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/82b1dc0e-a4df-47c4-8d1e-ea455f095a10
	Taxon concept ID		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2162aae3-47e3-4a8c-b521-f1b200f288b6
	Order	Squamata	Squamata
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Accepted name usage	Demansia torquata 1862
	Species id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2162aae3-47e3-4a8c-b521-f1b200f288b6
	Genus	Demansia	Demansia
	Left		35677
	Scientific name authorship		(Günther, 1862)
	Taxon rank		species
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/20da175c-db9a-4a1e-8fd3-2df68ff6527c
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name	Collared Whipsnake	Collared Whipsnake
	Name according to	1862
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ce3a5d30-60ec-4e53-9803-b514b88ddbca
	Right		35677
	Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
	Specific epithet	torquata
	Class id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/682e1228-5b3c-45ff-833b-550efd40c399
	Phylum	Chordata	Chordata
	Class	Reptilia	Reptilia
	Species		Demansia torquata
	Family	Elapidae	Elapidae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Event ID	urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2026026
	Year		1976
	End day of year		172
	Month		6
	Date precision		DAY
	Start day of year		172
	Day		20
	Event date	1976-06-20	1976-06-20
Identification	Type status	cited: Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) : Elapidae : Squamata : Reptilia : Chordata;cited: Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) : Elapidae : : Reptilia : Chordata;cited: Demansia torquata 1862 : Elapidae : Squamata : Reptilia : Chordata;cited: Demansia torquata : Elapidae : : Reptilia : Chordata
	Date identified	1991	1991
	Identification remarks	ecatalogue.IdeComments: "N";
	Identified by	[Sadlier, Dr Ross Allen - Australian Museum - Herpetology]
Occurrence	Catalog number	R.81166
	Occurrence status		PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Images	[https://images.ala.org.au/image/proxyImage?imageId=0d426a95-994b-442a-a73e-c4c814e9fde1, https://images.ala.org.au/image/proxyImage?imageId=6fc32004-a79d-43bf-a25d-d877be12c424]	[https://images.ala.org.au/image/proxyImage?imageId=0d426a95-994b-442a-a73e-c4c814e9fde1, https://images.ala.org.au/image/proxyImage?imageId=6fc32004-a79d-43bf-a25d-d877be12c424]
	Collection code	Herpetology
	Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.81166
	Sampling protocol	[COL]
	Institution code	AM
	Recorded by	Allen Greer
	Other catalog numbers	[ecatalogue.irn:2137138, urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.81166]
Attribution	Data resource		Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
	Collection		Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
	License		CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
	Data provider uid		dp20
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr340	dr340
	Institution ID		in4
	Data partner		OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
	Institution		Australian Museum
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co10
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-17.166	-17.166
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Decimal longitude	144.533	144.533
	State province	Queensland	Queensland
	Verbatim locality	Chillagoe, 3.2 Km Se of Chillagoe P.O. (By Rd.)
	Verbatim latitude	17° 10' S
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	10000.0	10000.0
	Lga	Tablelands (R)
	Marine	false	false
	Location remarks	ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, Chillagoe, 3.2 Km Se of Chillagoe P.O. (By Rd.) (17° 10' S, 144° 32' E) 20/06/1976 - 20/06/1976, Greer, Dr Allen E - Australian Museum - Herpetology(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
	Country code		AU
	Verbatim longitude	144° 32' E
	Geodetic datum		EPSG:4326
	Coordinate precision	0.001	0.001

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