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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.79146

Preserved specimen of Demansia papuensis (Macleay, 1877) | Greater Black Whipsnake recorded on 1973-12-25
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number R.79146
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2134929","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.79146"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.79146
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Wells, R  
Supplied as "Wells, R"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2022529
Occurrence date 1973-12-25
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Demansia papuensis
Supplied scientific name "Demansia papuensis (Macleay, 1877)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Greater Black Whipsnake
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Elapidae
Genus Demansia
Species Demansia papuensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Demansia papuensis (Macleay, 1877)
Scientific name authorship (Macleay, 1877)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Macleay, 1877)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -16.983
Supplied as: "-16.983"
Longitude 145.483
Supplied as: "145.483"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 8.0 Kms E.of Mareeba
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, 8.0 Kms E.of Mareeba (16° 59' S, 145° 29' E) 25/12/1973 - 25/12/1973, Wells, R(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 16° 59' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 29' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2014/6/16
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2014/6/16
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Einasleigh Uplands
    IBRA 7 Regions Einasleigh Uplands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Hodgkinson Basin
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BARRON RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Tablelands (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Mareeba
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MAREEBA SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 57
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1654
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) MAREEBA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) TABLELANDS (EAST) - KURANDA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KURANDA - CROYDON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ETHERIDGE TABLELANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1084.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 47.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 38.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 107.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 617.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 74.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 723.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 13.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.57 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.91
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 25.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 22.9 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 57.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.53
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 428.0 m