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Occurrence record: REPT:R39747

Preserved specimen of Hydrophis platurus platurus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Yellow-bellied Seasnake
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Herpetology Collection
Supplied collection code "REPT"
Catalog number R39747
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:REPT:R39747
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet
Identified by UNKNOWN  
Collector Slack-Smith, S.M. Et  
Supplied as "SLACK-SMITH,S.M. ET AL."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1971-01-01

Event

Verbatim event date 1969-09-01
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Hydrophis platurus platurus
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Yellow-bellied Seasnake
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Supplied as "Animalia"
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)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Christmas Island
Locality Christmas island
Latitude -10.5
Supplied as: "-10.5"
Longitude 105.666667
Supplied as: "105.666667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Island Christmas Island
Coordinate precision Unknown
Municipality GRETA BEACH
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 10°30`00"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 105°40`00"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Christmas Island
    NRM Regions 2017 Christmas Island
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 7 Regions Indian Tropical Islands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Christmas Island
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Other Territories
    Local Government Areas 2011 Unincorp. Other Territories
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 9
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) OTHER TERRITORIES
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CHRISTMAS ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CHRISTMAS ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) OTHER TERRITORIES
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CHRISTMAS ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CHRISTMAS ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CHRISTMAS - COCOS (KEELING) IS.
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA States (2016) OTHER TERRITORIES
    World Country Boundaries Christmas Island

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.4625 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 75.0 %