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Occurrence record: Herpetology:J79013

Preserved specimen of Hydrophis curtus (Shaw, 1802) | Spine-bellied Seasnake recorded on 1997-04-29
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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 J79013
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J79013
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Life stage Male
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes 1124

Event

Occurrence date 1997-04-29
Verbatim event date 29 Apr 1997
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Hydrophis curtus
Identified to rank species
Common name Spine-bellied Seasnake
Supplied common name "Spine-bellied Sea Snake"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Elapidae
Genus Hydrophis
Species Hydrophis curtus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Shaw, 1802)
Subfamily Hydrophiinae
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Lewellyn Bay
Latitude -21.433333
Supplied as: "-21.433333"
Longitude 149.333333
Supplied as: "149.333333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 6
Field notes 1124
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 21° 26' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 149° 20' East

Additional properties

object id VE126605

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Keppel Islands & Capricorn Bunker Reefs, Souther GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Sarina Inlet - Ince Bay Aggregation
    NRM Regions 2010 Mackay Whitsunday
    NRM Regions 2017 Mackay Whitsunday
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Mackay Whitsunday
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Shoalwater Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MACKAY REGIONAL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MIRANI

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1615.4 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 119.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 87.4 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 79.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 811.8 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 90.4 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 863.8 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 19.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 12.26 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 18.160002 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.194
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.359999 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.06 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.859999 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.74
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 10.0 m