Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Pelamis platurus

  • Author and date of publication

    (Linnaeus, 1766)

  • Preferred Common name

    Yellow-bellied Sea Snake

  • Identified By

    Dr Jane E. Melville - Museums Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 95%, Medium: ethanol 95%

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Heart, Preservative: ethanol 96%, Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen D 76842

  • Collected By

    Mr John Wilson

  • Sampling Method

    Beach washed

  • Date Visited From

    12/04/1999

  • Date Visited To

    12/04/1999

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Precise Location

    Yeerung River entrance

  • Latitude

    -37.77

  • Longitude

    148.77

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    geoscience Australia - Place names website