catalogue of sea snakes in BNHS

Saunak Pal1, Prathamesh  Joshi2, Rahul Khot1

1 BNHS, Shahid Bhagat Singh Rd, 400001, Mumbai, India; 2 BNHS, Shahid Bhagat Singh Rd, Mumbai

Corresponding author(s): Saunak Pal (s.pal@bnhs.org)Prathamesh  Joshi

Received {date}; Revised {date}; Accepted {date}; Published {date}

Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

Pal S, Joshi P (2023). catalogue of sea snakes in BNHS. Version 1.6. Bombay Natural History Society. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=bnhs_seasnakes&v=1.6

Abstract

The BNHS museum houses a vast collection of specimens collected from across the Indian subcontinent over the past hundred years. The dataset provides 235 occurrence records based on specimens of sea snakes from India, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Iran. The dataset holds records of 30 species belonging to 10 genera and three families. The distribution and natural history of sea snakes remain fairly unknown due to their occurrence in marine habitats and most of the observations are accidental records from fishing and as bycatch. Museum information on occurrence as well as collection localities will help in understanding the distribution of these snakes.

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen, Occurrence

Project details

Project title: Addressing the taxonomic and geographical shortfall for amphibians and reptiles using specimen data from the collection of Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
Personnel: Saunak Pal, Prathamesh Joshi
Funding: BIFA

Data published through GBIF: https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=bnhs_seasnakes

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Occurrence records are based on specimens from across India, parts of Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Iran.
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 1, 1903 - January 1, 2019

Natural collections description

Collection name: Reptile specimens at the museum of  Bombay Natural History Society
Specimen preservation method: Alcohol

Methods

Method step description: 

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive catalogue of sea snakes in BNHS
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/archive.do?r=bnhs_seasnakes
Publication date of data: 2023-04-04
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2019-10-30
Hierarchy level: Dataset