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Occurrence record: Herpetology:R.55980

Preserved specimen of Tropidonophis mairii (Gray, 1841) | Keelback recorded on 1976-07-08
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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.55980
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2110289","urn:catalog:AM:Herpetology:R.55980"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Herpetology:R.55980
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Cogger Webber Cameron
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [COL]

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:2026197
Occurrence date 1976-07-08
Sampling protocol COL  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tropidonophis mairii
Supplied scientific name "Tropidonophis mairii (Gray, 1841)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Keelback
Supplied common name "Freshwater Snake"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Colubridae
Genus Tropidonophis
Species Tropidonophis mairii
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Tropidonophis mairii (Gray, 1841)
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1841)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Gray, 1841)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -10.75
Supplied as: "-10.75"
Longitude 142.583
Supplied as: "142.583"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Somerset Cape York
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, Somerset Cape York (10° 45' S, 142° 35' E) 08/07/1976 - 08/07/1976, Cogger Webber Cameron(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 10° 45' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 142° 35' E

Additional properties

Class Reptilia
dcterms:modified 2008/1/26
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2008/1/26
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Jardine-Pascoe Sandstones
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 JACKY JACKY CREEK
    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 Northern Peninsula Area (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Injinoo
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 NORTHERN PENINSULA AREA REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 881
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2438
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN PENINSULA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) NORTHERN PENINSULA AREA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) INJINOO
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    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) 1735.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 40.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 108.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 562.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 109.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1118.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 10.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 21.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.62 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.36
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.4625 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 65.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.56
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 30.0 m