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Occurrence record: Herpetology:J28800

Preserved specimen of Demansia torquata (Günther, 1862) | Collared Whipsnake recorded on 1976-08-21
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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 J28800
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J28800
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by G M Shea  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Previous identifications Demansia torquata
Date identified 2007

Event

Occurrence date 1976-08-21
Verbatim event date 21 Aug 1976
End day of year 234
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 234

Taxonomy

Scientific name Demansia torquata
Identified to rank species
Common name Collared Whipsnake
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Elapidae
Genus Demansia
Species Demansia torquata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Günther, 1862)
Subfamily Hydrophiinae
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Cannonvale Beach, via Proserpine
Latitude -20.266667
Supplied as: "-20.266667"
Longitude 148.7
Supplied as: "148.7"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 20° 16' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 148° 42' East

Additional properties

object id VE43271

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Central & North GBR
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Lucinda-Mackay Coast
    NRM Regions 2010 Mackay Whitsunday
    NRM Regions 2017 Mackay Whitsunday
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Mackay Whitsunday
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Lucinda-Mackay Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WHITSUNDAY REGIONAL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WHITSUNDAY
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 3965.0 frequency
    Species Richness 775.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1527.8 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 123.8 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 94.4 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 77.6 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 735.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 83.8 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 803.4 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.62 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 20.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.779999 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.68 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.94 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.82 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.94 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.462 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.056
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.26 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.18 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.86 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1628.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 112.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 21.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 95.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 93.02097 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 909.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 397.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 969.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.454166 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 14.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 19.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.3416667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 19.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 45.885418 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 316.7768
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 30.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 26.883333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 26.666666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.716
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0