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Occurrence record: Reptile:R36495

Preserved specimen of Hydrophis elegans (Gray, 1842) | Elegant Seasnake recorded on 2007-11-08
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Dataset

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 R36495
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R36495
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by S. Carton  
Identified date 2007
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
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
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2007

Event

Occurrence date 2007-11-08
Supplied as year:2007  month:11  day:8 
Date precision DAY

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"
Locality Arrowsmith, Gulf of Carpentaria
Latitude -13.252
Supplied as: "-13.252"
Longitude 136.53583
Supplied as: "136.53583"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS 84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 088bd2c0-83be-45ff-bd13-f6ea926e91d6
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Hydrophis elegans
    Coordinates -13.252,136.53583
    Related records
    Record UUID 1b6df01e-c685-4a30-ab33-73a5033659c5
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Hydrophis elegans
    Coordinates -13.252,136.53583
    Record UUID a09a0fd8-710a-4116-afc8-8354e68aa4f0
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Hydrophis elegans
    Coordinates -13.252,136.53583

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Arnhem Land
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Groote
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NHULUNBUY