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Occurrence record: Herpetology:J74936

Preserved specimen of Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) | Collared Whipsnake recorded on 1984-04-21
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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 J74936
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J74936
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by A Amey  
Life stage Male
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes N58600
Date identified 2011-11-21
Supplied as 21 Nov 2011

Event

Occurrence date 1984-04-21
Verbatim event date 21 Apr 1984
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Demansia torquata
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 exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Günther, 1862)
Subfamily Hydrophiinae
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Whitsunday Is
Latitude -20.258333
Supplied as: "-20.258333"
Longitude 148.941667
Supplied as: "148.941667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Field notes N58600
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 20° 15' 30" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 148° 56' 30" East

Additional properties

object id VE118520

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Central & North GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    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 Lucinda-Mackay Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WHITSUNDAY REGIONAL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WHITSUNDAY

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1692.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 164.16667 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.8333333 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 106.166664 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 73.166664 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 758.3333 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 88.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 856.8333 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.433332 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 20.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.75 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.433334 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.983334 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.133333 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.383333 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 5.7166667 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.716667 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.40666667 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.98
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.133333 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.266666 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.76
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0