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Occurrence record: REPT:R31054

Preserved specimen of Demansia quaesitor Shea, 2007 | Sombre Whipsnake
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
Supplied collection code "REPT"
Catalog number R31054
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:REPT:R31054
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet
Identified by SHEA, G.M.  
Collector DURACK,D.R.
Specimen type PARATYPE  
Supplied as "Paratype"
Individual count 1
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 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2007-01-01

Event

Verbatim event date 1967-09-08
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Demansia quaesitor
Identified to rank species
Common name Sombre Whipsnake
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Supplied as "Animalia"
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Elapidae
Genus Demansia
Species Demansia quaesitor
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Shea, 2007
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "Western Australia"
Locality Kildurk stn
Latitude -16.433333
Supplied as: "-16.433333"
Longitude 129.616667
Supplied as: "129.616667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Municipality KILDURK STATION
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 16°26`00"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 129°37`00"E

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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 55131202-3483-4625-80f6-096b00802f2e
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -17.733333,128.15
    Related records
    Record UUID cbaade7d-4ddc-4ab4-bcea-30205ce74b4b
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -16.433333,129.616667
    Record UUID 9f161920-dc5b-4d30-863d-0771d1f88d7f
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -16.25,128.75
    Record UUID 28947319-b38c-4396-87f2-ba4b24c00287
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Demansia quaesitor
    Coordinates -18.1,138.3
    Record UUID dc76433e-d128-4c8e-b771-ae89e233b6a6
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Demansia quaesitor
    Coordinates -16.628,135.792
    Record UUID 07ee7dc8-cf9b-4d48-bb55-f778d046d9fb
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Demansia quaesitor
    Coordinates -16.4,131.017
    Record UUID b2ab1d88-138a-410e-8fe2-e94ce8440b4c
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -17.716667,128.166667
    Record UUID ff857ab4-f08b-4c8b-a426-7571b702627b
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -16.583333,128.483333
    Record UUID 5d9ea4d4-cb2d-4f5d-aa94-fdf98324c01a
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -16.5,128.483333
    Record UUID 40ed1abc-7587-4232-888d-552c8952e805
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Demansia quaesitor
    Coordinates -17.417,137.712
    Record UUID 43e48b9a-acca-42c4-a5e9-8b5c136e764e
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Demansia quaesitor
    Coordinates -16.597,135.893

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Victoria Bonaparte
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Keep
    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 Victoria Bonaparte
    IBRA 7 Regions Victoria Bonaparte
    IBRA 7 Subregions Keep
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 VICTORIA RIVER-WISO
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Victoria River
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Amanbidji (Mialuni)
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Katherine
    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 Lingiari
    Local Government Areas 2011 Victoria-Daly (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Victoria
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 VICTORIA DALY REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 229
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 375
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) VICTORIA RIVER
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) VICTORIA RIVER
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) AMANBIDJI (MIALUNI)
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) STUART
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Gwoja
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Victoria River
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NT
    Local Government Areas 2023 Victoria Daly
    Postal Areas 2021 0852
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Northern Territory
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Victoria River
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Katherine
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Northern Territory - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Katherine Daly
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Tussock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mitchell grass (Astrebla) tussock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tussock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 431.0 frequency
    Species Richness 170.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 750.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 120.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 281.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 53.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 528.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 10.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 26.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 12.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 22.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.54 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.23
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 39.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 31.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 662.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 8.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 1.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 8.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 122.92918 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 147.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 181.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 481.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 25.900002 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 13.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 22.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 14.816667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 22.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 57.207207 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 356.4599
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 39.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 31.400002 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 30.016666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 55.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.27
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.76
    Elevation 102.0 m