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Occurrence record: Herpetology:J64106

Preserved specimen of Hydrophis platurus platurus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Yellow-bellied Seasnake recorded on 1996-07-11
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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 J64106
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J64106
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by A Amey  
Life stage Female
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Previous identifications Hydrophis platurus
Date identified 2021-11-19
Supplied as 19 Nov 2021

Event

Occurrence date 1996-07-11
Verbatim event date 11 Jul 1996
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 Main Bch, Surfers Paradise
Latitude -27.9985367
Supplied as: "-28"
Longitude 153.434122
Supplied as: "153.433333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 28° South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 26' East

Additional properties

object id VE102338

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Moreton Bay
    NRM Regions 2010 South East Queensland
    NRM Regions 2017 South East Queensland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East Queensland
    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) 1405.25 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 190.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 157.5 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 498.25 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 49.25 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 515.75 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 25.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.650002 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 10.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.35 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.125 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.14
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 24.650002 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 23.8 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.88
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0