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Occurrence record: Reptile:R01823

Preserved specimen of Hydrophis elegans (Gray, 1842) | Elegant Seasnake
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Reptile Collection
Supplied collection code "Reptile"
Catalog number R01823
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R01823
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by G.F. Gow  
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 1972

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Hydrophis elegans
Identified to rank species
Common name Elegant Seasnake
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Supplied as "Serpentes"
Family Elapidae
Supplied as "Hydrophiidae"
Genus Hydrophis
Species Hydrophis elegans
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1842)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Datum
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Terrestrial false
Continent OCEANIA
Marine false
Country Code AU

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