Occurrence record: Herpetology:60345

Preserved specimen of Demansia vestigiata (De Vis, 1884) | Lesser Black Whipsnake

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Dataset

Data partner	OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource	Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code	Museums Victoria Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection	Museums Victoria Herpetology Collection Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number	60345
Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Herpetology:PreservedSpecimen:60345
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	Spirit\|Wet
Identified by	Dr Glenn Shea - Australian Museum
Collector	Unknown
License	CC0 Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder	Museums Victoria
Institution ID	urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language	en
Type	PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as present
Owner institution code	NMV

Event

Date precision	NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Higher classification	Animalia \| Chordata \| Vertebrata \| Reptilia \| Lepidosauria \| Squamata \| Ophidia serpentes \| Xenophidia colubroidea caenophidia \| Elapidae
Scientific name	Demansia vestigiata Supplied scientific name "Demansia vestigiatus (De Vis, 1884)"
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Lesser Black Whipsnake Supplied common name "Black Whipsnake"
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Family	Elapidae
Genus	Demansia
Species	Demansia vestigiata
Name match metric	fuzzyMatch
Scientific name authorship	(De Vis, 1884)
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code	ICZN

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Northern Territory
Locality	Darwin
Latitude	-12.45 Supplied as: "-12.45"
Longitude	130.83 Supplied as: "130.83"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality	Darwin
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Terrestrial	true
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid	Warning
Taxon match fuzzy	Warning
Show/Hide 84 passed properties
Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	Passed
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Passed
Continent country mismatch	Passed
Continent derived from coordinates	Passed
CONTINENT_DERIVED_FROM_COUNTRY	Passed
Continent invalid	Passed
Coordinates centre of country	Passed
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Passed
Coordinate invalid	Passed
Coordinates are out of range for species	Passed
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Passed
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Passed
Coordinate reprojection suspicious	Passed
Coordinate rounded	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Passed
Country inferred from coordinates	Passed
Country invalid	Passed
Country mismatch	Passed
Different owner institution	Passed
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Passed
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Passed
Institution and Collection mismatch	Passed
Institution match fuzzy	Passed
Institution not matched	Passed
Interpretation error	Passed
Invalid scientific name	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing geodetic datum	Passed
Missing taxon rank	Passed
Modified date invalid	Passed
Modified date unlikely	Passed
Multimedia date invalid	Passed
Multimedia uri invalid	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from basis of record	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from individual count	Passed
Occurrence status unparsable	Passed
Latitude is negated	Passed
Longitude is negated	Passed
Presumed swapped coordinate	Passed
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
Sensitivity report invalid	Passed
Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
Taxon confer species	Passed
Taxon default match	Passed
Taxon error	Passed
Taxon excluded	Passed
Taxon excluded associated	Passed
Taxon homonym	Passed
Taxon indeterminate species	Passed
Taxon match aggregate	Passed
Taxon match higher rank	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_NAME_AND_ID_AMBIGUOUS	Passed
Taxon match none	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_IGNORED	Passed
Taxon misapplied	Passed
Taxon misapplied matched	Passed
Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
Taxon question species	Passed
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Passed
Taxon species plural	Passed
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
Uncertainty not specified	Passed
Supplied country not recognised	Passed
Kingdom not recognised	Passed
Unrecognized collection code	Passed
Unrecognized institution code	Passed
Supplied coordinates are zero	Passed
Biosecurity issue	Passed
Suspected outlier	Passed
Geospatial issue	Passed
Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
Taxon misidentified	Passed
Taxonomic issue	Passed
Temporal issue	Passed
Other issue	Passed
Duplicate record	Passed
Show/Hide 6 missing properties
Missing collection date	Missing
Missing georeferenced by	Missing
Missing georeference protocol	Missing
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
Missing georeference date	Missing
Show/Hide 32 tests that have not been run
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identification date before occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the month	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the year	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the century	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinate precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Recorded date mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Recorded date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Recorded date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Elevation unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identified date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identified date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Type status invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
References uri invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count conflicts with occurrence status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)

Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	Darwin Coastal
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Darwin Coastal
NRM Regions 2010	Northern Territory
NRM Regions 2017	Northern Territory
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	Northern Territory
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	Northern Territory
Biodiversity
IBRA 6 Regions	Darwin Coastal
IBRA 7 Regions	Darwin Coastal
IBRA 7 Subregions	Darwin Coastal
Hydrology
Australian Drainage Divisions 2021	Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
Drainage Divisions Level 1	Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
Drainage Divisions Level 2	FINNISS RIVER
Indigenous
Indigenous Areas 2021	Darwin - Inner Suburbs
Indigenous Locations 2021	Larrakeyah - The Gardens
Indigenous Regions 2021	Darwin
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	Northern Northern Territory
Marine
States including coastal waters	Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	Northern Territory
Australian States and Territories	Northern Territory
Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021	Solomon
Electorates March 2025	Solomon
Local Government Areas 2011	Darwin (C)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	The Gardens
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	DARWIN MUNICIPALITY
National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes	Larrakia (Part A - consolidated proceeding)
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	111
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	777
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	GREATER DARWIN
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	FANNIE BAY - THE GARDENS
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	DARWIN CITY
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	DARWIN
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	SOLOMON
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	DARWIN - INNER SUBURBS
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	LARRAKEYAH - THE GARDENS
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	DARWIN
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Outer Regional Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	FANNIE BAY
PSMA States (2016)	NORTHERN TERRITORY
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Fannie Bay
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Fannie Bay - The Gardens
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Greater Darwin
Local Government Areas 2023	Darwin
Postal Areas 2021	0820
Remoteness Areas 2021	Outer Regional Australia
States and Territories 2021	Northern Territory
Statistical Areas Level 2	Fannie Bay - The Gardens
Statistical Areas Level 3	Darwin City
Statistical Areas Level 4	Darwin
Tourism Regions 2021	Darwin
Vegetation
Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0	Non-Indigenous, Non forest
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Non Forest
Forests of Australia 2018B	Non forest
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups	Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Private Freehold

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	135941.0 frequency
Species Richness	7490.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	1716.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	8.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	0.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	7.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	111.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	442.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	112.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	1156.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	21.2 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	8.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	22.9 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	27.7 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	14.2 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	19.3 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	25.4 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	8.7 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	25.4 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.61 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	0.5
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	33.5 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	29.2 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	28.3 degrees C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	62.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.52
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	1.0
Elevation	13.0 m

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Demansia vestigiatus (De Vis, 1884)	Demansia vestigiata
	Match type		fuzzyMatch
	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/01d6b4fe-0948-4c2d-afc8-08cdd9c92e54
	Order	Squamata	Squamata
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/01d6b4fe-0948-4c2d-afc8-08cdd9c92e54
	Taxon identification issue	[MISSING_COLLECTION_DATE]
	Genus	Demansia	Demansia
	Left		35673
	Higher classification	Animalia \| Chordata \| Vertebrata \| Reptilia \| Lepidosauria \| Squamata \| Ophidia serpentes \| Xenophidia colubroidea caenophidia \| Elapidae
	Scientific name authorship	(De Vis, 1884)	(De Vis, 1884)
	Taxon rank	Species	species
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/20da175c-db9a-4a1e-8fd3-2df68ff6527c
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name	Black Whipsnake	Lesser Black Whipsnake
	Nomenclatural code	ICZN
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ce3a5d30-60ec-4e53-9803-b514b88ddbca
	Right		35673
	Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
	Specific epithet	vestigiatus
	Class id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/682e1228-5b3c-45ff-833b-550efd40c399
	Phylum	Chordata	Chordata
	Class	Reptilia	Reptilia
	Species		Demansia vestigiata
	Family	Elapidae	Elapidae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Date precision		NOT_SUPPLIED
Identification	Identified by	[Dr Glenn Shea - Australian Museum]
Occurrence	Rights holder		Museums Victoria
	Institution ID	urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
	Language	en
	Type		PhysicalObject
	Catalog number	60345
	Occurrence status	present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Modified	2017-02-06T12:52:00	2017-02-06T12:52
	Collection code	Herpetology
	Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Herpetology:PreservedSpecimen:60345
	Owner institution code	NMV
	Preparations	Spirit\|Wet
	Institution code	NMV
	Recorded by	Unknown
Attribution	Data resource		Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
	Collection		Museums Victoria Herpetology Collection
	License	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode	CC0
	Data provider uid		dp20
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr342	dr342
	Institution ID		in16
	Data partner		OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
	Institution		Museums Victoria
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co117
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-12.45	-12.45
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Locality	Darwin	Darwin
	Decimal longitude	130.83	130.83
	State province	Northern Territory	Northern Territory
	Verbatim locality	Darwin
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Lga	Darwin (C)
	Marine	false	false
	Country code		AU
	Geodetic datum	WGS84	EPSG:4326

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