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Occurrence record: Herpetology:J85975

Preserved specimen of Hydrophis platurus platurus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Yellow-bellied Seasnake recorded on 2007-05-26
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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 J85975
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J85975
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by A Amey  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Previous identifications Hydrophis platurus
Date identified 2021-11-19
Supplied as 19 Nov 2021

Event

Occurrence date 2007-05-26
Verbatim event date 26 May 2007
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Hydrophis platurus platurus
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Yellow-bellied Seasnake
Supplied common name "Yellow-bellied Sea Snake"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Elapidae
Genus Hydrophis
Species Hydrophis platurus
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet platurus
Subspecies Hydrophis platurus platurus
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1766)
Subfamily Hydrophiinae
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Lady Musgrave Island, NE
Latitude -22.733333
Supplied as: "-22.733333"
Longitude 152.6
Supplied as: "152.6"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 130
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 22° 44' South
Biome MARINE
Continent Oceania
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 152° 36' East

Additional properties

object id 136893

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Keppel Islands & Capricorn Bunker Reefs, Souther GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Mackay-Capricorn
    Marine
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 LIVINGSTONE SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) KEPPEL