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Occurrence record: Herpetology:J92159

Preserved specimen of Hydrophis elegans (Gray, 1842) | Elegant Seasnake recorded on 2008-06-26
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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 J92159
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J92159
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Skeleton|Spirit
Life stage Male
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Occurrence date 2008-06-26
Verbatim event date 26 Jun 2008
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Fraser I, 500 m S Maheno
Latitude -25.283333
Supplied as: "-25.283333"
Longitude 153.233333
Supplied as: "153.233333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 25° 17' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 14' East

Additional properties

object id 209614

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Keppel Islands & Capricorn Bunker Reefs, Souther GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Fraser Island
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Fraser Island
    NRM Regions 2010 Burnett Mary
    NRM Regions 2017 Burnett Mary
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Burnett Mary
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Tweed-Moreton
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1279.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 233.75 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 169.75 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 39.75 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 433.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 49.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 472.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.975 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 25.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 21.55 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.85 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 12.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 17.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.425 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.44 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0875001
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.95 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 25.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 24.475 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 21.570833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.82
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 67.0 m