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Occurrence record: Reptile:R37542

Preserved specimen of Pseudonaja nuchalis Günther, 1858 | Northern Brown Snake recorded on 2016-03-20
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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 R37542
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R37542
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by D.F. Trembath  
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 2016-03-20
Supplied as year:2016  month:3  day:20 
End day of year 80
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 80

Taxonomy

Scientific name Pseudonaja nuchalis
Identified to rank species
Common name Northern Brown Snake
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Supplied as "Serpentes"
Family Elapidae
Genus Pseudonaja
Species Pseudonaja nuchalis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Günther, 1858
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality 200m N of Rapid Creek bridge, Darwin Harbour
Latitude -12.374
Supplied as: "-12.374"
Longitude 130.86
Supplied as: "130.86"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
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 Casuarina
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Casuarina
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Casuarina
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Anson Beagle
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northwest Shelf Transition
    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
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Anson Beagle
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FINNISS RIVER
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Northern Territory
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Rapid Creek
    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 State Electoral Boundaries (2018) CASUARINA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Other native forest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Tropical eucalypt woodlands/grasslands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 113197.0 frequency
    Species Richness 3259.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1732.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 111.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 443.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 114.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1168.0 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) 27.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.6 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.52
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1792.0 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 10.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 110.36347 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 471.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 472.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1168.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 15.200001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 18.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 24.766666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.016666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 24.766666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 59.320175 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 164.35826
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 33.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 28.866667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.966667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 62.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0