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Occurrence record: Reptile:R38067

Preserved specimen of Demansia quaesitor Shea, 2007 | Sombre Whipsnake recorded on 2016-06-29
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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 R38067
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R38067
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by C. Moritz  
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
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 2016

Event

Occurrence date 2016-06-29
Supplied as year:2016  month:6  day:29 
End day of year 181
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 181

Taxonomy

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality China Wall Gorge, Nicholson River, Gulf of Carpentaria
Latitude -17.84837
Supplied as: "-17.84837"
Longitude 137.41789
Supplied as: "137.41789"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS 84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Ganalanga-Mindibirrina
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Ganalanga-Mindibirrina
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Ganalanga-Mindibirrina
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Gulf Fall and Uplands
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Nicholson
    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 Gulf Fall and Uplands
    IBRA 7 Regions Gulf Fall and Uplands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Nicholson
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 NICHOLSON-LEICHHARDT RIVERS
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Barkly
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Barkly Tablelands - Outstations
    Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Ganalanga-Mindibirrina
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tennant Creek
    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 Barkly (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Tableland
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BARKLY REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 321
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 506
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BARKLY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) BARKLY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BARKLY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BARKLY TABLELANDS - OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TENNANT CREEK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARKLY
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Barkly
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Barkly
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NT
    Local Government Areas 2023 Barkly
    Postal Areas 2021 0862
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Northern Territory
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Barkly
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Barkly
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Northern Territory - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Barkly
    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 Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a hummock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 107.0 frequency
    Species Richness 71.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 704.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 116.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 376.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 48.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 493.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 15.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 26.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 10.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.54 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.39
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 692.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 10.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 1.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 9.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 110.30526 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 340.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 166.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 449.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 25.791666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 25.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 11.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 20.183332 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 13.833333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 21.699999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 55.11288 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 396.1223
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 37.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 29.783333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 29.55 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.25
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.71
    Elevation 292.0 m